<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children are generally pretty good at estimating their true body size but heavier kids, and particularly girls, seem more prone to underestimating their body size, research from the UK suggests.</p><p>Three investigators at University College, London asked 205 boys and 194 girls, 7 to ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children of abused mothers may be smaller at birth and show stunted early growth, according to research from Bangladesh.</p><p>Prior studies have shown that physical and sexual violence against women is associated with low birth weight of the offspring, as well as with an ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're one of those parents who likes to let their kids run themselves ragged so they fall asleep more easily, you may be onto something: the more activity kids get, the faster they'll drop off to sleep, according to a new study.</p><p ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Burns in young children are a potential warning sign of abuse and neglect, but the risk can initially go unrecognized, a UK study finds.</p><p>In a follow-up of 145 children who were hospitalized for burns before the age of 3, researchers found that, by ...