(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2009
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A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly examined the relationship between first name popularity in adolescents and tendency to commit crime. Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names ...
Other
Jan 28, 2009
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In a new analysis involving adolescents living in London, exposure to higher levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide was associated with lower systolic blood pressure, while exposure to higher levels of particulate matter ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2023
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Something as simple as seeing all-gender signs in public places, like restrooms, was linked to adolescents' acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2023
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Adolescents from lower-income backgrounds are more likely to report addictive use of social media, according to an international team of researchers including Professor Frank Elgar from McGill University.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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After more than two years of the COVID pandemic and six months of war in Ukraine, the question arises of how young people in Germany are dealing with the world's current challenges. It turns out that war and climate change ...
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2022
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More than 4 out of 10 families living in communities across the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia ran out of food during 2021 because of severe drought exacerbated by high inflation, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 3, 2022
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The COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow is drawing to a close. And despite high hopes, many young people may be feeling disappointed with the progress at these landmark talks.
Environment
Nov 11, 2021
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The needs of millions of overlooked, 'left behind' adolescent women must become a more significant priority within international efforts to end poverty by 2030, a UK Government-commissioned report is urging.
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2021
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If effective school zoning policies were widely applied, more adolescents would get valuable exercise walking or cycling to their nearest school, an Otago researcher says.
Education
Oct 12, 2020
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