News tagged with journal of adolescent health
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Most High School Students Are Sleep Deprived
Only about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that could lead to daytime drowsiness, depression, ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Study examines sexual orientation and bullying among adolescents
The act and victimization of bullying continues to be a problem among today's youth. While many children are experiencing this form of violence, it is more prevalent in children that are different from the social norm. As ...
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Relationships Can Lower Substance Use in Young People
A new study of young people in the two years after high school finds that those in romantic relationships are less likely than their peers to report heavy drinking and marijuana use.
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Alcohol companies target youths with magazine ads, new study shows
Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Severe Obesity Becoming More Common in Sixth-Graders
Nearly 7 percent of sixth graders across the U.S. are severely obese, reveals a new study appearing online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Study finds links between obesity and adolescents' social networks
Researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found in a recent study that overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends.
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviors
Normal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviors than girls who can accurately assess their ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Confronting health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth
Research indicates that the social stigma that surrounds lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) teens leads to a variety of health risks such as substance use, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Runaway girls reap strong benefits from nurse interventions
A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
Girls in homes without a biological father are more likely to hit puberty at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health.
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Study Links Internet Addiction to Aggression in Teens
(PhysOrg.com) -- Armed with the findings of a new study, Taiwanese researchers suggest parents and educators pay more attention to children’s online habits because Internet-addicted teens seem more prone to aggression. However, ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Healthy Teen Weight Behaviors Linked to Regular Self-Weighing
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study of 130 overweight adolescents, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that frequent self-weighing is associated with positive behaviors and may prove to ...
May 14, 2009 |
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Substance abuse diagnostic test for teens can also predict high risk sexual behavior
Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Early Puberty Tied to Obesity in Girls
A review of more than 100 studies found overweight girls tend to reach puberty earlier than their peers do.
Jul 26, 2010 |
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