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For years the problem of overweight and obesity in children has been considered an affliction of the lower classes, but this is really not the case, as evidenced by the new line of clothing for ages 3 to 16 recently introduced by Marks & Spencer. In response to customer request, the top-selling retailer for British school wear [...] A new study suggests that if fruit were served in a more attractive manner more children would eat it. In a series of tests in which the same fruit was offered to children, more ate it when it was dressed up to look enticing. Researchers in the study studied 100 pupils from Belgium and the Netherlands that [...] Psychologists have discovered that the best way to get adolescents to work out was by highlighting the emotional benefits of exercise, versus emphasizing the health benefits. This may be partially due to the fact that they are drawn to the ‘fun’ side of staying physically active. Head of the study University of Leeds professor Reema Sirriyeh stated [...] A recent study at the University of Edinburgh has found a possible link between fragile X syndrome and the occurrence of autism. The syndrome results from the interference of a mutant gene in the X chromosome that retards the building of synapses in the brain. Fragile X syndrome is more common in males, since they have only one [...] |
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