Breastfeeding alters infant gut in ways that boost brain development, may improve test scores

Breastfeeding, even partially alongside formula feeding, changes the chemical makeup — or metabolome — of an infant’s gut in ways that positively influence brain development and may boost test scores

Reading to your 1- and 2-year old boosts their vocabulary, study finds

Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won’t, Norwegian researchers report. Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails

Children switch to walking and cycling to school after introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Four in 10 children in Central London who traveled to school by car switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public