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From Prince to Picasso, the arts can be just the tonic, new UN health agency study…

11/12/2019

From Prince to Picasso, the arts can be just the tonic, new UN health agency study shows The Health Evidence Synthesis report, from WHO’s Regional Office for Europe, analysed evidence from over 900 publications supporting ways in which the arts can help improve physical and mental health, in the most comprehensive review of its kind to date. The report reviewed the health benefits (either through active or passive participation) in five broad categories of arts: performing arts (music, dance, singing, theatre, film); visual arts…

Under-fives’ daily screen time should be kept to 60 minutes only, warns WHO

04/25/2019

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Under-fives’ daily screen time should be kept to 60 minutes only, warns WHO Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to tackle the global obesity crisis. In recommendations specifically aimed at under-fives for the first time, the UN health agency said that…