Food allergies may be linked to Vitamin D deficiency: Boston researchers said a lack of sunshine and vitamin D may explain why babies born in the fall or winter are more likely to develop a food allergy than those born in spring or summer. The seasonal effect was only seen in children ages 5 and under, the study found.BBC
Spanking leads to violent behaviors: Children spanked two or three times a month at age 3 were 50% more likely to show more aggressive behaviors at age 5, even accounting for varying baseline levels of aggression, researchers wrote in Pediatrics. The study included reports from 2,500 mothers and showed 27.9% reported spanking one or two times in the previous month and 26.5% said they had spanked their child more than twice in that time period. TIME
Cleanliness leads to allergies: Canadian researchers said allergies are becoming so prevalent because of excessive cleanliness. They said there is an inverse relationship between hygiene levels and the incidence of allergies and autoimmune diseases. "The more sterile the environment a child lives in, the higher the risk he or she will develop allergies or an immune problem in their lifetime," one expert said. The washingon times
