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The association between sleep problems, particularly sleep disorders, and mental health has long been studied and recognized. However, the causal relationship between sleep disorders, particularly during early childhood, on mental health problems in...

Greater exposure to racial/ethnic discrimination among pregnant Black American women is associated with elevated prenatal depressive symptomatology, poorer prenatal sleep quality, and poorer child health outcomes. Given the transdiagnostic importance...

Background/Objectives: Sleep health is a multi-faceted biopsychosocial concept that affects well-being across the lifespan. Insufficient sleep occurs in large numbers of children and there is emerging evidence for the influence of socioecological fac...

Background: sleep is a physiological process that is critical for physical and mental health in children. Childhood encompasses diverse developmental stages that may affect the impact of physical activity on sleep quality, which may also be influence...

Recently, sleeping status has attracted attention for its relationship with oral health. In the present study, we have investigated the association between early childhood caries and sleeping status. A multicentre observational cross-sectional study...

Background: Sleep disorders negatively impact adolescent and young adult childhood cancer patients’ physical and psychosocial health. Early recognition improves timely treatment. We therefore studied the prevalence of subjective sleep disorders...

Malnutrition and dental caries in early childhood remain persistent and intertwined global health challenges, particularly for indigenous and geographically-remote populations. To examine the prevalence and associations between early childhood dental...

Obstructive sleep apnea may occur throughout the lifespan, with peak occurrences in early childhood and during middle and older age. Onset in childhood is overwhelmingly due to adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy, while in adulthood, contributors include ris...

Background/objectives: Early childhood is marked by rapid physical and cognitive development, underscoring the critical influence of parental choices in shaping habits, pastimes, and traditions. The World Health Organization highlights habits of phys...

Background/Objectives: Early childhood is a critical period for executive function and broader cognitive development. Physical activity and sleep are modifiable health behaviors that support neurobiological processes underlying learning. While each h...

Untreated early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health concern. In the short term, untreated ECC can lead to pain, infection, and disrupted sleep, among other issues. In the long term, it is associated with poor oral health in later life, i...

Chronic health conditions including obesity, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and depression are rising in Australia, and are often addressed reactively in adulthood rather than proactively during childhood. Evidence highlights the first 200...

The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is designed to detect a diagnosable psychiatric disorder and has demonstrated positive psychometric properties in adult populations. Despite these findings, the psychometric properties of the GHQ-12 h...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are known to be closely related to depression, anxiety and sleep problems. However, it remains unclear whether adolescents with ACEs have sleep problems regardless of depression or anxiety or under a mediating eff...

Background: Lifestyle medicine utilizes therapeutic interventions to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases by promoting healthy habits. While extensively studied in adults, its application in pediatrics remains underexplored. Given that many c...

Few studies have investigated the prevalence of shaking and smothering and whether they are associated with co-sleeping. In Japan, co-sleeping is common during infancy and early childhood. This study investigates the prevalence of shaking and smother...

Childhood overweight and obesity represent a major global public health emergency, with a steadily increasing prevalence over recent decades in both developed and developing countries. Approximately one fifth of children and adolescents are overweigh...

Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide public health issue. Our objective was to describe planned, ongoing and completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed for the prevention of obesity in early childhood. Two databases (World Heal...

Pediatric obesity represents an urgent public health concern, with rapidly increasing prevalence across all regions. While genetic susceptibility contributes significantly to interindividual variability in weight, the significant increase in obesity...

Early childhood caries (ECC) has negative psychosocial effects on children, with chronic pain, changed eating habits, disrupted sleep and altered growth very common, and it disrupts the day-to-day lives of their families. The treatment of young child...

Obesity might adversely affect the health and well-being of children and their families. Childhood obesity has crucial implications for health, both during childhood and as they age. It is highly associated with many acute problems and is commonly pr...

Sleep plays a central role in shaping emotional development during childhood and adolescence, yet increasing evidence indicates that these processes unfold differently in boys and girls. This narrative review synthesizes current findings on sex-speci...

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea has significant negative effects on health and behavior in childhood including depression, failure to thrive, neurocognitive impairment, and behavioral issues. It is strongly associated with an increased risk for chr...

Under-diagnosed and thus under-treated, maternal depression remains the most common complication of childbearing. Varying symptoms suggest persistence up to more than a decade following childbirth. This implies distinct vulnerabilities for the physic...

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased in most countries the last decades. Considering this in a simplistic way, we can say that obesity is the result of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. Moreover, t...

Stressful early life experiences cause immune dysregulation across the lifespan. Despite the fact that studies have identified childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors as a particularly vulnerable group, only a few attempts have been made to study thei...

Patient health literacy is vital to clinical trial engagement. Knowledge and beliefs about clinical trials may contribute to patient literacy of clinical trials, influencing engagement, enrollment and retention. We developed and assessed a survey tha...

Purpose: Recent investigations described a host of disadvantageous myopia comorbidities including decreased QOL, depression, and sleep problems. The present study evaluated mental status and habitual sleep in young subjects with myopia based on the r...

This paper describes the protocol for a study designed to address the high prevalence (40%) of childhood overweight and obesity in the province of Cádiz, Spain, as a reflection of what is happening worldwide. It is widely known that children who suff...

Background: The worldwide increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity necessitates effective prevention and treatment strategies. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer guidance, but significant heterogeneity or lack of practical application e...

Childhood obesity is a growing global health problem with significant biomechanical and psychosocial consequences. While many studies have examined these domains separately, few integrate postural abnormalities, psychophysical functioning, and lifest...

Objectives: To systematically review the evidence on the association between early childhood caries (ECC) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in preschool children, focusing on studies using the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (...

Background: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer are increasingly recognized as a vulnerable group with unique emotional, social, and practical needs due to the intersection of cancer survivorship and normal developmental pr...

Background/Objectives: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a key indicator of current and future health in children and adolescents, and is influenced by both physiological and behavioral factors. This study examined the associations between CRF, body...

Background: Childhood obesity is a major public health concern associated with adverse metabolic outcomes later in life. Despite increased awareness, unhealthy lifestyle behaviors—including suboptimal diet quality, physical inactivity, insuffic...

Background: Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern globally and is associated with a wide spectrum of comorbidities, including sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). SDB remains under-recognized in pediatric population with obesity, particul...

In most developed countries, children’s use of digital media has increased significantly. Concerns about how screen time (ST) affects physical activity (PA), sleep patterns (SL), and overall health habits have prompted further exploration of th...

Introduction: Sleep is a fundamental biological function critical for physical and mental health. Chronic sleep disturbances can significantly impair cognitive, emotional, and social functioning, leading to deficits in attention, alertness, and execu...

Background: The increasing rates of childhood obesity (CO) are an ongoing problem. We focused on the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), physical activity, and sleep habits of preschool children in order to investigate the relationship between...

Background/Objectives: Childhood/youth are ideally the best periods to teach healthy behaviors; unfortunately, children/adolescents are frequently characterized by unhealthy lifestyles and reduced well-being. Lifestyle improvement early in life may p...

Background: Early childhood represents a key stage for the development of movement behaviors (MB), motor skills (MS), and executive functions (EF). Body Mass Index (BMI), defined according to World Health Organization (WHO) references, may influence...

Background/Objectives: Overweight children and childhood obesity are growing public health concerns influenced by early-life nutrition and lifestyle. Irregular eating patterns, sedentary behaviour, and maladaptive eating behaviours significantly cont...

Background/Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during pregnancy may reduce maternal oxygenation, cause sleep fragmentation, and influence offspring development. This pilot study explored potential associations between OSA during pregnancy and c...

(1) Background/Objectives: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in childhood is a significant health concern with potential adverse effects on daytime function, behavior, education, and overall development. Early intervention is crucial to ease these conseq...

Evidence suggests that excessive screen time in early childhood is related to children’s physical and mental health. This study aimed to review the relationships between screen media use and several health indicators in infants, toddlers, and p...

There are shreds of evidence of shared biological mechanisms between obesity and hypertension during childhood intoadulthood, and loads of research literature has proven that it will profoundly cost nations’ economies and health if neglected. The pre...

The rising prevalence of childhood obesity is a global public health concern. Evidence suggests that exposure to non-parental childcare before age six years is associated with development of obesity, diet, and activity behaviours (physical activity,...

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the early childhood caries (ECC) status and its risk factors in 9- to 18-month-old exclusively breastfed children in Thailand. Methods: Generally healthy 9- to 18-month-old children who had be...

The present cohort study examined how lifestyle, household environment, and caries activity test score of Japanese children at age 1.5 years affected their dental caries incidence at age 3. Inclusion criteria were 1.5-year-old children with no dental...

Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) compromise the nutrition, growth, and quality of life in young children, and their relationship with breastfeeding practices remains disputed. Aim: To determine if prolonged breastfeeding increases the risk of...