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In the middle of the month of Ramadan, we discovered that listening to the Quran could be good not only on a spiritual level, but on a cognitive level.

According to a study carried out by experts from eight European countries and led by researcher Gianluca Tognon from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), it concludes that a diet more in line with the Mediterranean diet makes children 15% less likely to being overweight or obese than those who follow another type of diet or diet.

A team of scientists from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has carried out a study that concludes that children who grow up with emotional distress and therefore have a complicated childhood, suffer premature aging of their chromosomes.

That sugar makes children hyperactive or that listening to Mozart during pregnancy increases the intelligence of babies are just two examples of myths that are widespread among society and that have been disproved by the scientific community. Enter and discover some of them.

Diagnosing depression, that silent disorder that combines unhappiness, reluctance and guilt, is not easy, since none of the symptoms guarantees an accurate diagnosis on its own. If we take into account that one in six people will suffer from it at some stage in their life, prevention becomes an imperative, especially in the youngest.

Due to the difficulties involved in evaluating autism, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often diagnosed quite late, reaching 5 or 6 years of age.

According to a study presented by the American Heart Association (AHA), today's children run slower and shorter distances than their parents at the same age, reflecting a sustained decline in physical health over the past 30 years .

In a very high percentage of children an innate refusal to try new foods is observed, a phenomenon called food neophobia or also the "omnivore paradox", since despite the fact that humans need a varied diet and we are capable of adapting to any diet is observed this tendency to consider a threat many ingredients of the diet. For Professor David Benton, from the University of Wales Swansea, it is a survival mechanism inherited from our ancestors that unconsciously discourages humans at an early age from trying foods that could be toxic.