Early childhood: Fewer boys ready for school

https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/early-childhood-fewer-boys-ready-for-school






Summary

   

The Australian Early Development Census is a nationwide snapshot of how children have developed by the time they start school.

It measures five areas of early childhood development. The areas are physical health and wellbeing, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills (school-based), and communication skills and general knowledge.

 

The gender disparity

The AEDC National Report 2018. Echoing the 2015 report, the largest gender divide was in emotional maturity; boys were 3.4 times more likely than girls to be developmentally vulnerable in this domain.

Social competence, health and wellbeing

Boys continue to be more than twice as likely as girls to be developmentally vulnerable in the social competence domain, and the physical health and wellbeing domain.

Language and communication

In the other two domains, the gender disparity persisted: language and cognitive skills (8 per cent of boys were deemed developmentally vulnerable, compared with 5 per cent of girls)

Other results of the census suggest that where children live can have an impact on their development. Children living in very remote areas in Australia in 2018 were twice as likely as those living in major cities to be developmentally vulnerable on one or more domains – 45 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.

Being Bilingual Good For The Brain

                                     
                                             
                                             



                                            Being Bilingual Good For The Brain




    Being bilingual has many benefits in a globalized world such as; higher salary, higher math scores, open to cultures and understanding others.

    Scientists are reaching a consensus that two or more languages provide measurable positives for example; improved memory and decision-making skills to prevent Alzheimer's Disease.

   Frequent exercise for the portion of the brain responsible for functions like focused thought and problem-solving skills

  People who use two or more languages can switch between tasks more quickly because they are used to the confusing back and forth between languages.

  Scientists will likely explore even more reasons to get a foreign language.   






               

Languages are spoken in Australia

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-australia.html



 This line graph shows how many languages and what rates are spoken in Australia. English is most popular language in Australia. The other languages are spoken less than English. 

That was the most heartbreaking part': Australia's obesity epidemic out of control

https://www.smh.com.au/national/that-was-the-most-heartbreaking-part-australia-s-obesity-epidemic-out-of-control-20190326-p517l5.html

Notes:

• Increasing of obesity
• Obesity rates 
• Health problems
• Obesity costs the economy
• Obesity Epidemic recommendation
• Organize with this problem 

 Summary: 

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. The national obesity rate has doubled in the past decade (2.7 million to 5.8 million). Within the next decade, 40 per cent of Australians will be obese (8.9 million people). ABS projections show. Obesity causes many health complications and chronic conditions like diabetes, asthma and sleep apnoea. Obesity Epidemic in Australia made 22 recommendations, including a sugar tax on beverages and restrict food advertising. Government researchers and the wider community must share for this problem.    

Your reflection on the article: 

Obesity is very harmful to health. It is increasing like an epidemic.    It causes many fatal diseases such as heart attack, diabetes and asthma. We should eat healthy foods and do exercises. If we do not want to be obese, we should avoid fatty food and fast food. Also, the government should be banned from junk food advertisements. Because they are encouraging.     

Asthma

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways.Your airways are tubes that carry  air in and out of your lungs. Asthma includes some symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, trouble breathing. If you have asthma the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive.

Your doctor will diagnose asthma based on lung function tests, your medical history, and a physical exam. You may also have allergy tests. If your asthma become worse than usual it's called asthma attack. Severe asthma attacks may require emergency care and they can be fatal. 

Asthma is treated with two kinds of medicines, quick -relief medicines to stop asthma symptoms and long term control medicines to prevent symptoms..