Daily Mail (UK) 9th April 2008 A ban on certain additives in food could be in place as early as next year after research showed it could cut hyperactivity in children by a third and reduce anti-social behaviour. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) wants six artificial colourings to be removed from products after an official [...]

ScienceDaily Apr. 7, 2008 University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that older adolescents who have a bedroom television are less likely to engage in healthy activities such as exercising, eating fruits or vegetables, and enjoying family meals. They also consumed larger quantities of sweetened beverages and fast food, were categorized as [...]

Herald Sun (Aust) April 07, 2008 MARRIED women spend seven hours more doing housework than single women, according to a US study. Men are doing more housework than they did 30 years ago and women are doing less, but it seems marriage is the real culprit when it comes to the burden of household chores. [...]

Telegraph (UK) 07 April 2008 Boys prefer playing with cars to dolls because of basic biological differences rather than social pressures, scientists say. Researchers observed young male monkeys spent more time playing with vehicles than with cuddly toys. They believe this suggests that in most cases boys have an innate predisposition for masculine toys, which is [...]

Evening Standard UK 06 April 2008 There was nothing ominous about the knock at the door, but when I pulled it open I was confronted by four police officers and our street was thick with panda cars. This is not a scene you see too often in our home village of Great Malvern, not even [...]

The Press 04 April 2008 More Christchurch children are arriving at school poorly clothed and hungry as parents struggle to cope with rising living costs. The children come from Christchurch’s poorer suburbs, but the poverty also reaches around the South Island and to Stewart Island. Nationwide, almost 20,000 children a week need feeding during their [...]