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Children’s social cognitive development emerges from the dynamic interplay of neural maturation, parental caregiving, and dyadic brain-to-brain synchrony.

Ensuring children eat well is a daily challenge, but balanced nutrition is key to their physical, emotional, and cognitive ...

Human growth hormone is important in many aspects of growth and development. For children living with growth hormone deficiency, it can involve more than just physical growth differences. Cognitive ...

Did you know iron deficiency is the common deficiency encountered in paediatric practice? Well, yes. To know what all other ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

(CNN) - Children born at 5,000 feet or more above sea level are typically smaller at birth and more likely to remain stunted than those born at lower altitudes, according to new worldwide research ...

Height is largely due to genetics. Once a person reaches adulthood and stops growing, eating certain foods will not make them taller. However, good nutrition during growth and development can help a ...

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...