psychiatric disorders

Studying preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that preemies whose daily diets were at least 50 percent breast milk had more brain tissue and cortical-surface area by their due dates than premature babies who consumed significantly less breast milk. (Photo: John Twombly)

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Breast Milk Linked to Early Brain Growth Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk. Studying preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Children who are overly pick may have mental issues or ADHD. (Photo: Mark Umbrella/ShutterStock)

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04 Aug 2015

Mark Heckathorn

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anxiety, children, counseling, depression, Duck Center for Eating Disorders, Duke University, eating habits, mental behaviors, Nancy Zucker, Pediatrics, picky eaters, psychiatric disorders, selective eating, sensory sensitivities, therapy

Picky Eaters Often Have Mental Issues Children who are picky eaters may have more problems than the lack of a well-balanced diet. A new study from Duke University researchers found that children who are moderately or extremely picky eaters are more likely to have symptoms of

psychiatric disorders

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