Bengaluru: Those brightly-coloured, cute toys that all little kids love, can be harmful to their health, especially since many chew om them for a long time.

Researchers have found startling evidence that a severe El Niño can actually slow the growth of children, stunting their height.

It's raining model villages in UP.

A new report shows that obesity levels are continuing to soar.

India has among the highest prevalence of stunting in the world, and represents 38 per cent of the global burden of chronic under-nutrition.

An international body, particularly the World Toilet Organisation, has promoted World Toilet Day for years.

Believe it or not, as many as 3.72 lakh people die every year globally by drowning.

Developing countries with large youth populations could see their economies soar, provided they invest heavily in young people’s education and health and protect their rights, according to The State of World Population 2014, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

ALWAR: At a time when the health authorities were burning midnight oil to control the situation in Laxmangarh area, the new test report of swabs of children shocked the officials as the children be

Steps have been taken to provide assistance to the children and women distressed by landslides in Haldummulla and Eeriyabedde under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s directives, Child Development and W

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