Motor development and psychological development are fundamentally related, but
researchers typically consider them separately. In this review, we present four key features …

To tackle the burden of obesity-induced cardiometabolic disease, the scientific community
relies on accurate and reproducible adiposity measurements in the clinic. These …

The ecological approach is a framework for studying the behavior of animals in their
environments. My version of an ecological approach focuses on learning in the context of …

An Introduction to Developmental Psychology, 3rd Edition is a representative and
authoritative'state of the art'account of human development from conception to adolescence …

It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA
and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the …

When parents brag about their baby's accomplishments and document their infant's
developmental achievements on calendars and smart phones, they tend to focus on …

Sex differences in fetal growth have been reported, but how this happens remains to be
described. It is unknown if fetal growth rates, a reflection of genetic and environmental …

Objective To test whether the assessment of growth in very low birth weight infants during
the hospital stay using z-score differences (Zdiff) is confounded by gestational age (GA) …

Background Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT), the main strategy to prevent malaria and
reduce anaemia and low birthweight, focuses on the second half of pregnancy. However …

The aim of this study was to assess the functional form of the relationship between two
anthropometric measurements—body height (BH) and body mass index (BMI)—and two …