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Vegan children were shorter and had lower growth-hormone markers than vegetarian peers
Plant-based diets in childhood are debated on principle and measured rarely. A German cohort compared 7,344 blood samples from 2,508 children against their height, weight and growth biology.
Sep 8, 2026
Shifting nursery menus plant-forward sped up bone turnover in young children
Childcare centers are being asked to serve more plants for climate reasons, with little data on the children. A ten-month randomized trial found bone markers moving, and the researchers are not sure it is benign.
Sep 7, 2026
Expressing milk before birth more than doubled exclusive breastfeeding after gestational diabetes
Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes often get formula in the first hours for low blood sugar, and breastfeeding rarely recovers. Collecting milk before the birth changed how many were still feeding weeks later.
Sep 6, 2026
Children exposed to diabetes in the womb developed it five times as often
Gestational diabetes is described as ending at delivery. Following 2.85 million children to a median age of 16, exposure before birth tracked far higher diabetes rates, and control around conception shifted the odds.
Sep 6, 2026