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Stress in America: Overweight Children Are Affected More Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/09/stress-in-america-overweight-children-are-affected-more/?hpt=Sbin#ixzz14uB1zBqW Americans are really stressed out — not least of all American kids, according to a new survey [PDF] from the American Psychological Association. The report found that children who are overweight or obese feel particularly stressed, more so than their normal-weighted peers. And such stress [...]

Kids of lesbians have fewer behavioral problems, study suggests (CNN) — A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers. The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, followed 78 lesbian couples who conceived through sperm donations and assessed their children’s well-being [...]

Michele Obama : Childhood obesity fight is about fitness, not looks (CNN) — Michelle Obama says her call for the country to fight childhood obesity isn’t about physical appearances, but rather quality of life. “Teachers are seeing the challenges that kids with weight issues are having — not being able to participate in gym, feeling [...]

Post-traumatic stress may harm kids’ brains Psychological trauma may leave a visible trace in a child’s brain, scientists say. A new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology found that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress had poor function of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that stores and retrieves memories. This is [...]

Asthma and swine flu: Here’s what to do Nearly one-third, or 28 percent, of adults and children hospitalized with H1N1, also known as swine flu, have asthma. That’s more than any other chronic condition, according to a recent analysis of cases published in the New England Journal of Medicine. If you do have asthma and [...]