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Involved parents have slimmer kids
Violent video-games make teens immature emotionally Canadian researchers from Brock University of Ontario have found that those spending more than three hours at the screen are likely to have an impaired sense of empathy and regular gaming cuts them off from the real world, hampering healthy emotional development. Playing violent video games regularly interferes with their ability to tell right from wrong as they are rewarded for aggressive behaviour in games. The study covered 109 boys and girls in the age group of 13 and 14 years and those exposed to more than nine hours of gaming a week produced more of dopamine, a feel-good hormone. Even when they were losing, they produced higher quantities of the same, making them similar to pathological gamblers. Key college positions held by White men According to a UCF research by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), top leadership positions in colleges are held by White men. The study points out that almost three-quarters of university presidents, 78 per cent athletic directors and all conference commissioners are White males. About 125 FBS institution faculty members were studied and it has revealed startling differences on campuses. Kids not a determining factor for happiness Contrary to what you might believe, having or not having kids does not determine whether or not you will be happy. A study by Princeton University and Stony Brook University has found little difference when all else, such as income, education, health, etc, were equal. 1.8 million Americans were surveyed, including parents in the age group of 34-46 years. There was one difference though; parents experienced more highs and lows than non-parents. Teens changing their digital hangouts Of late, teens have shown a surprising but steady shift from Facebook to more varied platforms such as WeChat, WhatsApp, Vine and Snapchat among others. Facebook usage, according to GlobalWebIndex has dropped 56 per cent since end of 2013. Users between ages 16 and 19 have taken to WeChat, with a percentage increase of 1,021. Sharp, if not so much, increase has been seen in Vine, Flickr, WhatsApp and even Facebook's very own, Instagram. The wait to be with the next big thing is making youngsters change platforms in their want to fit in. Overweight daughters tend to have obese and diabetic fathers According to a study by the University of South Wales, obese and diabetic men are more inclined to having daughters who are themselves overweight. While it has been proved that diet of parents and their health has a direct bearing on the baby's genes, the effect is more pronounced in daughters. This study focuses on the effect of father's health on kids and came up with the surprising results. The study has been published in FASEB journal and shows the other side of the story. Most research till now has been focused on women and the effect of their health on their offspring but now we know that fathers, to a lesser extent, exert the same influence. — Compiled by Aditi Garg
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Using crowd-sourced
information, a study recruited 532 adults from reddit.com and asked
them to share childhood behaviours and experiences that could predict
slimness or obesity in adults. Researchers from Cornell University in
New York used this method to determine if it could produce
well-documented results relating to obesity research. They deduced
that being an involved parent was probably the most important factor
in ensuring slim kids. This includes simply spending time together or
even discussing nutrition.