Let's Not Overlook Our Kids

Making the Environment Healthier for Our Kids

spiked | Can TV remote-control our kids?

It is widely accepted today that the media have contributed to the increase in childhood obesity. Google ‘children’ and ‘obesity’, and you would think that the media’s role in giving rise to obesity is a foregone conclusion. Much of the blame is pinned on television in particular: that medium is said to make children, who watch too much of it, sedentary and inactive compared to earlier generati...

Pertussis — Not Just for Kids

From the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (E.L.H.); and the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville (K.M.E.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hewlett at P.O. Box 800419, University of Virgin...

Counterfactual seeking: The scenic overlook of the road not taken.

Decision makers faced with an opportunity to learn the outcome of a foregone alternative must balance anticipated regret, should that information be unfavorable, with the potential benefits of this information in reducing experienced regret. Counterfactual seeking, the choice to learn more about foregone alternatives, may be a functional, regret-regulating strategy for individuals already exper...

Securing the safety of our most precious cargo: SAFE KIDS.

There are staggering and tragic statistics involving children, car seats, and motor vehicle accidents. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children from 0 to 15 years of age, and in the United States during 2005, 1,335 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle accidents; approximatel...