Imitation—the act of observing and copying the actions of others—is the most important mechanism of learning for infants, toddlers, and young children. Several studies have analyzed different patterns by which children imitate actions. One study showed that children not only imitate actions immediately after observing them, but they also reproduce
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An allergy to cow’s milk protein is the main cause of childhood food allergies and is a predictive factor for other immunological diseases, such as rhinitis and asthma. Furthermore, previous studies have
The benefits of skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her children have
Three out of every two thousand infants born in developed countries suffer
Maternal nutrition is a fundamental predictor of a baby’s birth weight. Undernourished mothers usually give birth to low-weight children. Attempts to improve mothers’ nutritional status during pregnancy have been unsuccessful. Vietnamese researchers
Prebiotics are dietary supplements designed to regulate the composition of gut microbiota, which can benefit people’s health. Galactooligosaccharides (GOS), oligofructose (a subgroup of inulin), and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are examples of prebiotics. Before