Left Behind Children – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Rising Obesity Risk Among China’s ‘Left Behind Children’

Children left behind in rural China while their parents head to the cities for work face an increased risk of obesity, research suggests.

Children left without parental care for six months or more show changes to their brain structure linked to lower IQ.

Children left behind in rural areas by their parents seeking work in China's big cities are emotionally stressed but find strategies to cope.

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Every year, Asian Scientist Magazine publishes Asian Scientist 100, a carefully curated list of the best and brightest researchers and leaders in SETM in Asia. This year we complete a decade of doing so.
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