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A new report from UNICEF examines environmental factors that can reduce the health and quality of life of children in 39 high-income countries, including Norway.
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Levels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese during pregnancy, were associated with increased risk of ADHD and/or autism in the child.
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Children born after assisted reproduction are smaller at birth, but grow faster during the first years of life, compared to naturally conceived children.
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Children who have parents with a short education grow up with living conditions that increase their risk of problems at school and ADHD symptoms, according to a large study from the Norwegian Institut
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In a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, researchers studied how diet affects the levels of environmental contaminants in pregnant women and children.
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Genes are involved in controlling weight gain early in life, according to a study based on data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
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Early screening may not be as beneficial as previously thought, according to data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.
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Children of parents who have had difficulty conceiving, or who are the result of assisted reproduction, are at increased risk of asthma according to a Norwegian study.
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Children across Europe are exposed to a wide range of contaminants in foetal life and childhood but their exposure varies by country and compound, according to a recent study.
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Six genetic variables can explain the length of pregnancy and preterm delivery, according to a major international study. The results have been confirmed by an analysis of genetic data from Nordic women.
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New research from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study shows that anxiolytic use during pregnancy can increase the risk of mental problems in the child.
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A low iodine intake among pregnant women may be associated with poor language development, reduced fine motor skills and behavioural problems when the child is three years old.
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An international research team has found twelve genes that may help determine why some people have children at an early age, while others remain childless.
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Women who ate organically produced food during pregnancy had halved likelihood of giving birth to a boy with hypospadias compared to women who never or seldom did so.
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The risk of type 1 diabetes seems to be higher among children with high weight gain during their first year, according to a new Norwegian-Danish study from the NIPH.
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