A 42-year-old childhood obesity theory may be wrong

New research challenges the decades-old idea that children experience an “adiposity rebound” when their BMI begins rising around age 6. Although BMI returns to earlier levels, a more reliable measure…

Popular childhood drinks may raise blood pressure decades later

A 25-year study found that frequent consumption of soda, sports drinks, and fruit juice beginning in childhood was linked to a higher risk of high blood pressure in adulthood. Swapping…

‘Behind the Rain’ Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse in Striking Black and White

Chilean auteur Valeria Sarmiento and actress and producer Chamila Rodríguez discuss their Karlovy Vary competition film and the silence surrounding abuse in an interview at the Czech festival.

‘Behind the Rain’ Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse in Striking Black and White

Chilean auteur Valeria Sarmiento and actress and producer Chamila Rodríguez discuss their Karlovy Vary competition film and the silence surrounding abuse in an interview at the Czech festival.

Childhood on hold: How Gaza’s children spend a summer without play

Gaza mothers describe a third wartime summer where children carry adult burdens, deprived of play and art.