Objective We aimed to explore the views of Malaysian children with asthma and their parents to enhance understanding of early influences on development of self-management skills. Design This is a ...

Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1–3% of children. There is a high level of comorbidity with developmental and learning problems as well as with a variety of psychiatric ...

3 Molecular Medicine Unit and Birth Defects Research Centre, University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Jane Lucas, PCD Centre, Clinical and ...

Aims Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the commonest neurobehavioural disorder diagnosed in childhood with a chronic course extending into adulthood in at least a third of the ...

Objective Obesity and excess adiposity are leading causes of metabolic and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Early identification of individuals at risk is key for preventive strategies. We ...

Fibre is an essential nutrient in the human diet that is crucial for human health. It provides a range of functional benefits, including stool bulking, and physiological benefits through fermentation ...

Correspondence to Dr Rosina Kyeremateng, Africa Regional Coordinator, International Society of Social Pediatrics and Child Health, (UK); dr.rosina{at}doctors.org.uk The COVID-19 pandemic is a child ...

Translating the Nurturing Care Framework and unprecedented global policy support for early child development (ECD) into action requires evidence-informed guidance about how to implement ECD programmes ...

Rationale Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. Objective To calculate potential cost ...

Correspondence to Varpu Elenius, Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland; varpu.elenius{at}utu.fi ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD), one of the most common monogenetic diseases in the world, is associated with multisystemic complications that begin in childhood. Most of the babies homozygous for the ...