Child Development

Researchers developed a wearable jumpsuit with sensors that can objectively measure an infant’s gross motor development and, with the help of AI, identify milestones with more than 90% accuracy, according to findings reported in Pediatrics.

Greater amounts of screen time appeared to be associated with lower executive functioning among preschool-aged children, according to findings published in Academic Pediatrics.

From birth to 24 years, individuals who ended up with high or low BMIs had reduced lung function, whereas those who ended up with a normal range BMI did not have this outcome, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

ORLANDO — In this Healio video perspective, AAP president Benjamin D. Hoffman, MD, FAAP, discusses new policy statements at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

ORLANDO — In an updated policy statement, the AAP recommended that pediatricians encourage parents and caregivers to read with children beginning at birth.

Women who sleep less than 7 hours per night during pregnancy may be more likely to have a boy with neurodevelopmental delays, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Frequent use of touch-screen tablet games by toddlers may inhibit crucial interactions with their parents, according to preliminary research published in JAMA Network Open.

Young children in the United States experienced “relatively modest” decreases in developmental scores during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Assessing formerly extremely preterm infants at a corrected age of 21 to 24 months is associated with higher odds of detecting a significant developmental delay than assessing them at an earlier time, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Infants and toddlers faced socio-emotional development delays during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.