Podcasts

During this podcast, we are joined by Mrs Janani Sitaraman, Academic Coordinator at Indoscot global school, Mumbai, India, who will share her experience of school closures and the effects she has observed on the children in her school district. We are also joined by Dr. Purva Rajhans, Specialist in Neurocognition at the Brain Health Department NR, Lausanne Switzerland who will help us to explore the evidence behind the cognitive impacts of pandemic environment. On this podcast we will discuss: How does increased screen time affect cognitive development? What are the main challenges children have faced coming back to school after the pandemic lockdowns? What can parents and educators do to help children during this post-pandemic period?

During this podcast, Associate Specialist Neurocognition Dr. Purva Rajhans will discuss the following questions: How reliable is head circumference in estimating brain growth? Is there any evidence to suggest that children who have experienced growth faltering and as consequence cognitive deficient, would benefit from higher levels of specific brain nutrients such as DHA & phospholipids? Does the child need to be experiencing chronic malnutrition time before the brain is affected?

During this podcast, registered dietitian Dr. Monnard will discuss the following questions (listening time: 9 minutes) What is the proposed mechanism behind Growth faltering and later metabolic disease? Does rapid growth in children who are growth faltering confer the same risk of adverse metabolic health as it would in normal weight children who grow rapidly? When concerned about a child’s growth how can you distinguish between a small build or parental size? What is the appropriate frequency for monitoring a child with growth faltering How are the excess nutrients needed for catch-up growth calculated?