August 1 - 31


health diary 2019


Psoriasis Awareness Month During August the National Psoriasis Foundation will be sharing resources for treating and managing psoriatic disease and helping people living with psoriasis to live a full, vibrant and active life. For more information, visit www.psoriasis.org.


September 23 - 29


National Eye Health Week This national awareness campaign aims to help people find out how to look after their eyes as well as promote the importance of good eye health and the need for regular eye tests for everyone. Find out what’s happening at www.visionmatters.org.uk.


Eat nuts for a brainier baby


Researchers writing in the European Journal


of Epidemiology suggest women who eat a diet rich in nuts during their first trimester of


pregnancy (the first three months) may help boost their child’s neurodevelopment. The experts believe this may happen


because nuts provide high levels of folic acid as well as essential fatty acids such as omega-3 and omega-6.


It’s good to talk


Children whose parents talk frequently in front of them may develop better cognitive skills such as reasoning and numeracy, suggest University of York researchers. After recording more than 100 children and their parents at


home over a period of three years, the researchers discovered a link between the amount of adult spoken words heard by the children and the children’s mental abilities. High-quality adult speech may boost children’s linguistic development too, the researchers found.


How to get kids to eat their veg


It may not be easy to persuade some children to eat healthy foods such as vegetables. But American scientists believe they’ve found a way.


In tests, parents who explained the benefits of eating healthy foods found their children were more likely to choose those foods than if they just gave them meals without any explanation.


It worked in the study, as children ate twice as much healthy food when they were told how it would benefit them in terms they could understand.


More children go meat free


More children today are eating no or less meat, suggests vegetarian food manufacturer Linda McCartney Foods. The company surveyed 1,500 British children aged


eight to 13, and found 10 per cent identify as a vegetarian or vegan, while 44 per cent are trying to eat less meat and dairy. Of those who had gone meat-free, 44 per cent said the reason was to be kinder to nature and animals, while 31 per cent believed it was better for the planet.


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