Most behaviors preceding major causes of preventable death have begun by young adulthood
...ch early adulthood, a large proportion of American youth have begun the poor practices contributing to thre...ing a sexually transmitted disease worsened as the youth reached adulthood, Dr. Harris said. "These trends are quite stunning," Dr. Harris added. "Whether ...Abstinence is healthy goal for teenagers but research critiques abstinence-only educational policies
...ng among sexually experienced youth, putting these youth at increased risk for unintended pregnancy and STIs, including HIV....Alcohol advertising may contribute to increased drinking among young people
...ion between exposure to alcohol advertisements and youth drinking, but have not been able to establish caus...er than age 21) as well. The authors also analyzed youth drinking in relation to advertising dollars spent in respondents' media markets, based on informatio...Mom and dad are key to how we handle stress
...esearch on Adolescence examines coping styles from youth to young adulthood. The authors find that individuals who had coherent relationships with their parents, dealt with their problems more actively by seeking support and reflecting on possible solutions. They also became increasingly more competent i...Statement of registered dietitian Rebecca S. Reeves, President of the American Dietetic Association
...ncreasing rates of excess weight and obesity among youth threaten to jeopardize our nation's future health and productivity. Parents and schools play a vital role in nutrition education and modeling healthy behaviors. To quote ADA member and children's nutrition specialist Mary Story (writing with Simon...Research suggests making exercise more fun might boost fitness levels of US adolescents
...wing population of physically unfit and overweight youth more prone to various serious illnesses later in l...luences and urging by parents also influenced some youth to become active, but only minimally, said Katie Haverly, who wrote a report appearing in the Decemb...Personal fulfillment may motivate adolescents to be physically active
..., one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Ensuring that youth are physically active is essential for their physi...lth. But rates of physical activity are low among youth and decline during adolescence, according to background information in the article. To increase phy...Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
...e other. The science is in; getting smoking out of youth rated movies is the simplest and least expensive thing that can be done to reduce adolescent smoking."...Research reveals likely connection between early-life stress and teenage mental health problems
...ervention for behavioral and emotional problems in youth will require a deeper understanding of the unique vulnerabilities linked to neural changes at puberty and adolescence -- and more specifically, how these adolescent changes interact with earlier vulnerabilities such as major life stressors and social...Research finds cigarette manufacturers target youth market with candy flavored cigarette brands
...om cigarette makers that they no longer target the youth market, the researchers found that new brands are ...t at HSPH stated, "Flavored cigarettes can promote youth smoking initiation and help young occasional smokers to become daily smokers by reducing or masking ...Study: N.C. parents want tobacco use prevention to become higher priority
... state excise tax on cigarettes as a way to reduce youth tobacco use, he said. The current N.C. budget supp... and in 2004 on statewide television, targets N.C. youth ages 11-17. About a third of parents reported noticing the media campaign at least three times in th...Body checking found to cause few youth hockey injuries
...juries among 13-year-olds was troubling. "We think youth hockey leagues may need greater enforcement of the...and 17 and were enrolled in a Burlington, Ontario, youth hockey program in 2002 through 2004. In addition to the findings on body checking, a primary end po...Injury prevention for indigenous children
...at of non-Indigenous populations, while Indigenous youth and children are particularly at risk. The George ...tainable interventions for Indigenous children and youth in school and community environments. Principal researcher, Dr Kathleen Clapham, a leading Indigeno...Pain drives Canadian youth to seek alternative medical treatment
... Queen's University study into the use by Canadian youth of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), w...age therapy is the most common type of CAM used by youth Dr. McColl suggests that the east-west gradient may be explained by the fact that complementary an......k that will explore these relationships further in youth is being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, also a part of the NIH. In their ninth year in the study, participants completed the MicroCog Assessment of Cognitive Function, a well-established standard battery of tests that assess short-te...UCI-led research team recommends new tobacco control policies for lawmakers
...nforcing current regulations that prevent or delay youth smoking, elected officials and other policy makers...research shows that reducing smoking initiation in youth is likely to offer the largest public health impact during this new century," said Daniel Stokols, U...Emergency departments may often under-diagnose mental disorders in youth
...may not be uniformly provided in emergency care of youth who deliberately harm themselves, but no informati...isorder, a well-known and powerful risk factor for youth suicide, was strongly associated with inpatient admission. "Mental disorders were diagnosed in rough...Exercise in midlife could reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
...re; if an individual adopts an active lifestyle in youth and at midlife, this may increase their probability of enjoying both physically and cognitively vital years later in life"....Adolescents' HIV risk reduced with community intervention
...ike this are needed to promote sexual health among youth and young adults." Study participants were 12- to 17-year-olds residing in 15 low-income housing developments throughout the United States. Each housing development was randomly assigned to either the full community-level intervention, a skills-train...Kids at risk of TV / videogame seizures - Experts release new recommendations on reducing risk
...l US population. This five-fold increased risk to youth was dramatically highlighted in December 1997 when nearly 700 children were hospitalized in Japan for symptoms that developed while watching a televised Pokemon episode. About 500 of these children had seizures. Exposure to flashing light and repe...