If you have a picky eater child, being forceful and punishing them when they refuse to eat is the opposite of what you should ...

Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus found that between 1995 and 2015, nearly 800,000 kids younger than six-years-old were seen in an emergency room after consuming some ...

Living; May Institute: Behavioral interventions can help parents address pica - mouthing of small objects - by children. Published: ; Aug. 03, 2011, 6:02 a.m.

If you believe your child has swallowed a foreign object, don’t do this: Try to get the child to vomit. Eat or drink things while waiting for professional help.

Children are able to manipulate small objects with increased control. Most can: String large beads; Turn pages one by one; Hold crayon with thumb and fingers instead of fist; Draw a circle; ...

(HealthDay) -- Coins, magnets and small batteries pose serious dangers to children when accidentally swallowed, the American College of Emergency Physicians warns. Not only are these objects ...

Nearly half of American children ages 1 to 5 — 49 percent — do not eat a vegetable daily, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, nearly 1 in 3 ...

CHICAGO — The number of young kids who went to US emergency rooms because they swallowed toys, coins, batteries and other objects has more than doubled, a new study says. In 2015, there were ...

Children's deaths from choking on small objects dropped by 75 percent from 1968 to 2017, according to a report published in JAMA. ... US children who eat more fruit have less abdominal fat.

However, if the object is blunt and small, it may pass through the digestive system in a week,” said Dr. Mohamed. Doctors said that if a child has swallowed a foreign object and is not crying or ...

In a section emphatically labeled “Goats Do Not Eat Tin Cans” they caution that goats “like small children have a propensity for mouthing or ‘tasting’ any new object they encounter.” And to hear ...