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Healthy movement behaviours support young children’s physical, mental, and social development, and shape lifelong habits. These habits include engaging in physical activity, reducing sedentary screen time, and obtaining sufficient sleep, including naps.

Public toilets can be a “microbial soup”, especially when many people use them and cleaning isn’t frequent as it should be.

The findings highlighted that adapting to extreme heat, infectious diseases and other health risks accelerating due to climate change is now a strategic business imperative

"By integrating (cardiovascular) risk screening with breast screening through the use of mammograms —something many women already engage with at a stage in life when their cardiovascular risk increases — we can identify and potentially prevent two major causes of illness and death at the same time," Arnott said.

Despite the exciting potential, there are hurdles to overcome. One of the major challenges is to get enough patient data from different backgrounds to make sure the AI is accurate.

“High protein” doesn’t have a specific meaning in the food regulations, but is taken to mean “good source”. Under the rules, a “good source” should have at least 10 grams of protein per serving.

But what if all the benefits of running could be had, but in a fraction of the time? This is where interval running comes in.

It is important not to self-diagnose, and seek medical advice so a doctor can put the pieces together and make an appropriate plan of action.

People are routinely blamed for their weight, even though there is strong evidence that it results from a complex combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and socioeconomic factors.

Suicide is a major cause of death among youths, accounting for over one in 100 deaths across the globe and about 20 attempts made for each death, the WHO said in reports titled 'World Mental Health Today' and 'Mental Health Atlas 2024'.

The wording is important because, from a clinical perspective, autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that influences the way a person understands and interacts with other people and the world around them.

The study highlights that a trace amount of lithium in the environment, including drinking water, could act as a nutrient, similar to iron and vitamin C, and help reduce the risk of dementia.