18% of Singapore children lead consistently unhealthy lifestyles: Study
The GUSTO study has found that nearly one in five children in Singapore are leading consistently unhealthy lifestyles. This means they are three times more likely to get pre-hypertension and higher diastolic blood pressure.
📰 CNA Youtube | 22 Mar 2024
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18% of Singapore children lead consistently unhealthy lifestyles: Study
📰 CNA Youtube | 22 Mar 2024
📰 8 World | 23 Mar 2024
Children who adopted and continued unhealthy lifestyle had higher risk of diseases like prehypertension: Study
📰 CNA | 21 Mar 2024
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📰 8World | 20 Mar 2024
New study to cut Type 2 diabetes risk in mums to look at mental well-being and sleep
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📰 Today | 7 Feb 2024
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Updated national guidelines on childhood screen time (no screen time recommended for children <18 months of age)
📰 Health Promotion Board | 20 Feb 2023
📰 Ministry of Health | 20 Feb 2023
New guidelines to support mental health of women during pregnancy and after birth
📰 The Straits Times | 18 Feb 2023
Screen time linked to impaired brain function, may affect learning beyond childhood: Study
📰 The Straits Times | 31 Jan 2023
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 31 Jan 2023
How Singaporean researchers measured the effects of screen time on children’s brains
📰 The Straits Times | 31 Jan 2023
Over half of kids, teens in S’pore do not hit physical activity targets: Study
📰 The Straits Times | 09 Jan 2023
Test programme to tackle obesity teaches pre-school children to eat according to hunger cues
📰 The Straits Times | 11 Nov 2022
📰 The New Paper | 27 Oct 2022
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 28 Oct 2022
📰 Tamil Murasu | 28 Oct 2022
Long screen time affects children’s health
🎬 8 World (Morning Express) | 27 Oct 2022
🎬 8 World (Singapore) | 27 Oct 2022
Sharing of skin microbiome between children with atopic dermatitis and healthy contacts might contribute to recurrence
📰 Medical Xpress | 15 Sep 2022
COVID-19’s effect on children’s outdoor play and associations with family income (with Dr. Jonathan Huang)
🎙️ socialservice.sg | 04 May 2022
Lack of outdoor playtime during Covid-19 pandemic likely worsened myopia in children: Studies
📰 The Straits Times | 02 May 2022
Lack of outdoor play saw children in Singapore gain weight during Covid-19 circuit breaker in 2020: Study
📰 The Straits Times | 12 Mar 2022
📰 The Straits Times | 10 Mar 2022
📰 The New Paper | 10 Mar 2022
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 13 Mar 2022
Budget debate: MOH launches targeted measures for subgroups to improve population health
📰 The Straits Times | 09 Mar 2022
Speech by Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Health, at the Ministry of Health Committee of Supply Debate 2022
📰 Ministry of Health | 09 Mar 2022
SingHealth and A*Star leaders lauded for advancing research
📰 The Straits Times | 11 Dec 2021
📰 The Straits Times | 10 Dec 2021
Commentary: No better time for kids to be outdoors than during a pandemic
📰 Channel NewsAsia | 08 Aug 2021
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Keynote Address by Ms Rahayu Mahzam, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Health, at the Child Evidence to Policy and Practice Webinar Series
📰 Ministry of Health – News Highlight | 30 Jul 2021
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📰 The Straits Times | 29 Jul 2021
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📰 The Straits Times | 28 Jul 2021
Health Check Podcast: How a mother’s well-being can have a large impact on her baby
🎙️ The Straits Times | 11 Mar 2021
New task force to boost maternal health, kids’ well-being
📰 The Straits Times | 06 Mar 2021
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Early-life screen time linked to reduced physical activity in preschool children
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📰 USA Today | 28 Jan 2020
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📰 Medical Xpress | 29 Jan 2020
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📰 NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health | 11 Feb 2020
Night eating, lower diet quality during pregnancy associated with greater weight gain & retention
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📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 21 Dec 2019
BNA Interview Series: The Neurobiology of Stress With Professor Michael Meaney
📰 Technology Networks | 29 Aug 2019
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📰 The Indian Express | 18 June 2019
GUSTO Study: Boys aged 5 years old and below who watch TV and portable electronic devices have higher body fats compared to girls
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Fit for Kids
🎬 Channel 5 (Part 1) | 09 Nov 2018
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New scheme by National University Hospital to help pregnant ladies with depression
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 05 Dec 2018
Mother-child study offers fresh insights
📰 The Straits Times | 05 Dec 2018
📰 The New Paper | 05 Dec 2018
10-year study on mothers and children shows academic links to early childhood performance
📰 The Straits Times | 04 Dec 2018
Pregnant woman who eat too much at night increases the risk of obesity in newborns
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 10 Jun 2018
How to Raise a Super Baby
🎬 Channel NewsAsia (Part 1) | 20 Feb 2018
🎬 Channel NewsAsia (Part 2) | 27 Feb 2018
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Here is how nutrition may help overcome genetic risk of diabetes
📰 Firstpost | 21 Feb 2018
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📰 Catch News | 21 Feb 2018
📰 Outlook India | 20 Feb 2018
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Mother and father’s weights equally influence a child’s risk of obesity, says study
📰 Medical Xpress | 16 Nov 2017
📰 News18 | 03 Dec 2017
📰 Jamaica Observer | 29 Nov 2017
📰 Lifestyle.Inq | 20 Nov 2017
The babies of women who consume carbohydrate-rich foods during pregnancy have an altered growth trajectory
📰 A*STAR Research | 04 Oct 2017
📰 Medical Xpress | 05 Oct 2017
Children born to mothers with diabetes during pregnancy are at risk of developing attention problems
📰 Medical Xpress | 12 Jul 2017
Obesity – The complex story of its birth
📰 BioMed Central Blog Network | 07 Mar 2017
📰 News Medical | 09 Mar 2017
Understanding ethnic differences in abdominal fat distribution at birth
📰 Medical Xpress | 25 Jan 2017
Babies with eczema at higher risk of tooth decay
📰 The Straits Times | 24 Jan 2017
📰 AsiaOne | 24 Jan 2017
Lack of sleep linked to gestational diabetes
📰 The Straits Times | 10 Jan 2017
📰 Futurity | 10 Jan 2017
📰 Medical Xpress | 09 Jan 2017
📰 Science Daily | 09 Jan 2017
📰 EurekAlert! | 09 Jan 2017
📰 Asian Scientist | 09 Jan 2017
📰 Sleep Review | 11 Jan 2017
‘Night-owl’ preschoolers may have more sleep problems
📰 Fox News | 16 Dec 2016
📰 Reuters | 17 Dec 2016
📰 Geo News | 17 Dec 2016
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📰 GMA News | 19 Dec 2016
📰 West Central Tribune | 20 Dec 2016
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📰 The Straits Times | 11 Nov 2016
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📰 Medical Xpress | 02 Nov 2016
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New look at mum’s impact on baby
📰 The Straits Times | 18 Jun 2015
📰 Channel NewsAsia | 17 Jun 2015
📰 National Archives of Singapore | 17 Jun 2015
📰 Lianhe Zaobao | 18 Jun 2015
📰 Berita Harian | 17 Jun 2015
New study in Singapore to analyse link between women’s health and pregnancy
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