Loving foster homes<\/a> improves children\u2019s attention and impulsivity. Girls with ADHD<\/a> are more likely to develop other mental health risks.<\/p>\n Obese boys<\/a> are more likely to begin puberty later in life. A Girl Scouts’ survey found that the fashion industry pressures girls to be thin<\/a>. [Read about unrealistic media images<\/a> and how one teen feels about them<\/a>.] Boys are treated with growth hormone therapy<\/a> much more often than girls.<\/p>\n Babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy<\/a> are much more stressed out. [Read how dangerous secondhand smoke<\/a> is to children.] Black and Hispanic infants are more likely to have HIV<\/a>. Expectant mothers can receive pregnancy tips<\/a> through texting.<\/p>\n Girls who bike to school<\/a> are in better shape than those who walk or get a ride. The USDA is tightening requirements to assure school lunch safety<\/a>. [Read about our nation\u2019s fight for kids\u2019 food<\/a>.] \u00a0Overloaded backpacks<\/a> set your child up for spine strain. [Read about National School Backpack Awareness Day<\/a>.]<\/p>\n \t Other stories we\u2019ve been reading: Adolescents taking a certain anti-psychotic drugs are at an increased risk for diabetes. An industrial chemical is being sold as a dietary supplement for autism treatment. Diabetes drugs are helping dieting teens lose weight. [Read Minnie\u2019s story about living with Type 2 diabetes.] Loving foster homes improves children\u2019s attention and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"email\"](\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/email_link.png\" "\\"email\\"")
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