Minister Dosanjh announces over $2.8 million for childhood obesity health research projects
...ivity behaviour and health of overweight and obese youth through a program called "Mentors-in-Motion of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal"....Child early intervention programs make for healthier adults
...parities that are found between urban and suburban youth under most current circumstances." Overall, residents of suburban Brookline had higher educational levels, higher rates of private insurance, and better health than the urban Boston residents, with little difference between the BEEP and non-BEEP grou...Anti-tobacco ads associated with reduced smoking and increased anti-smoking attitudes among youth
... favorable anti-smoking attitudes were found among youth exposed to state-sponsored anti-tobacco advertisin...een exposure to state anti-tobacco advertising and youth smoking-related beliefs and behaviors. The researchers used targeted ratings point (TRPs) to assess ...Young athletes' post-concussion migraine may signal greater neurocognitive impairment
...onal Football League, more than 5,200 occur in our youth in the United States alone," said Melvin Field, M.D., study co-author who now is co-director of the Florida Sports Concussion Program and a neurosurgeon at the Orlando Neurosurgery and Florida Hospital Neuroscience Institute. "This is a particularly ...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
...oderate to vigorous intensity physical activity in youth is a health promotion and a disease prevention strategy," the panelists conclude. Restoration of physical education and other school- and community-based programs could contribute mightily to that strategy, they say.Recommendations of the 13-member p...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
...oderate to vigorous intensity physical activity in youth is a health promotion and a disease prevention strategy," the panelists conclude. Restoration of physical education and other school- and community-based programs could contribute mightily to that strategy, they say. Recommendations of the 13-member ...Teen-agers with Type 1 diabetes already developing cardiovascular disease
...poB. "C-reactive protein may be a useful marker in youth to detect endothelial inflammation that clusters with dyslipidemia and contributes to increased cardiovascular risk in this disease," Kaufman says....Johns Hopkins study shows home test kits highly effective against sexually transmitted diseases
.... According to the CDC's biannual survey of risky youth behaviors, 32 percent of students are sexually active by the ninth grade. In a related survey to determine why the number of Chlamydia infections remains high, the researchers examined lab results from Chlamydia tests, collected from 1994 to 2004, on...NIEHS brings researchers and leaders together to find environmental solutions to childhood obesity
...ld Farm, child advocacy organization Children Now, youth fitness program Girls on the Run, and child health experts on the role industry and media can play in lowering childhood obesity rates. Youth exercise and dance programs, including the Fabulous Steppers from Fort Belvoir, VA, will be featured at the ...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
... to study the link between maternal depression and youth depression, as well as interpersonal problems such as domestic violence and early pregnancy. Hammen has debunked myths about depression, including this one: "A lot of people think depression stems from a weakness in character, and that you should jus...NIEHS press conference for the environmental solutions to obesity in America's youth conference
...ld Farm, child advocacy organization Children Now, youth fitness program Girls on the Run, and child health experts on the role industry and media can play in lowering childhood obesity rates. Youth exercise and dance programs, including the Fabulous Steppers from Fort Belvoir, VA, will be featured at the...New Illinois coalition supports cigarette tax increase
...hat for every 10 percent cigarette price increase, youth smoking rates are reduced by 6.5 percent, adult rates by 2 percent, and total cigarette consumption rates are reduced by 4 percent. "A cigarette tax increase would have a tremendous impact on the health of Illinois residents, particularly women, chil...Tobacco brands still common in PG-13 movies, despite '98 Master Settlement
... favorable impact the MSA could have on preventing youth smoking."...Integrated chemical-dependency and mental-health treatment best for adolescents
...ring treatment should ask for assessments of their youth when they enter treatment. If it is found that they do have one or more of these problems, patients and their parents should, whenever possible, seek out integrated CD and psychiatric services. If that is not possible, they should still pursue ...Black children more likely to die from traumatic injury than white children
...study of nearly 6,000 children suggests that black youth are more than twice as likely to die from a traumatic injury as are white children. "Trauma has a far greater impact on minority children than it does on white children," said Jonathan Groner, the study's lead author and a clinical associate professo...Girl juvenile offenders exhibit more problems, risks than boys
...inal Justice and Behavior. The study involved 305 youth who were housed in the detention facility of a large Ohio juvenile court. The youth were assessed using a measure developed by Gavazzi and his colleagues called the Global Risk Assessm...Risk scores may identify young individuals with atherosclerosis
... hyperglycemia, and obesity damage arteries during youth and suggest that long-range prevention of CHD [coronary heart disease] should begin early in life," the authors write. C. Alex McMahan, Ph.D., from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and colleagues analyzed data from the Path...Canadian youth 4th highest in international obesity study
(Kingston, ON) Canadian youth rank fourth-highest on the obesity scale in a new ...th overall for obesity (at 4.1 per cent), Canadian youth ranked fifth for "overweight" (19.3 per cent). The three countries with the highest prevalence of ob......ce and mental health disorders in our children and youth to stop this negative trend," said Dr. Stelzner. " This review article, which is co-authored by Laura Jean Shipley, M.D., Elisa Alter Zenni, M.D., Dana Hargunani, M.D., Julie O'Keefe, M.D. Carleen Miller, M.A. and Brian Alverson, M.D., appears in a ...