Posts Tagged ‘studies’

Shape GB National Childrenswear Survey is a major research project to measure children in England that began in March 2009. The project is the first large-scale project to measure children across the country using 3D body scanners, and aims to measure 6,000 boys and girls aged 4 to 17.

Doesn’t it seem like you spend more and more on kids’ clothing the older your child gets? A USDA study on expenditures on children suggests that increases in spending occur as a child ages; the reasons for the increases are varied.

A recent study found that when children are not dressed for the weather or for active play it limits a child care center’s ability to involve kids in physical activity. Learn more about how the clothing your child wears affects the amount of play and outside time they get at school or day care.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – also known as CHOP – is addressing a need that is 25 years in the making with a new research study focusing on the growth and development of children with Down Syndrome. The study, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), brings together experts from the Hospital in growth and nutrition, Down syndrome (also called trisomy 21), and general pediatrics to develop new growth charts for children and young adults with Down syndrome.

The title of this post does not share anything we probably couldn’t have guessed ourselves. But studies that were published this month dig deeper into the question of how much influence nature and nurture have on a child’s growth and health. Read more about the impact of parental nutrition, stature, and obesity on children’s fetal and childhood development, as well as the role that poverty plays in children’s health and development.