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Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics including excess fat around the middle, elevated blood pressure, …
How natural a food product is plays a key role in how healthy it is perceived to be—not only by nutrition experts but also by adolescents and young adults. At the same time, there is considerable variability in adolescents’ ratings of food products. These are the results of a new study conducted by researchers at …
Body dissatisfaction and poor body image have been rising in prevalence continuously fueled by social and popular media channels leading to shifting attitudes among adolescents in particular. Such concerns are frequently reported in mid-adolescence and may be associated with the subsequent onset of mental health symptoms, ranging from disordered eating patterns to depression. As a …
Loneliness is a risk factor associated with adolescents being drawn into compulsive internet use. The risk of compulsive use has grown in the coronavirus pandemic: loneliness has become increasingly prevalent among adolescents, who spend longer and longer periods of time online. Well, let’s be honest, with all the imposed restrictions as of late, this also …
Harvard Medical School team finds that 12% of American children and teens use Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM). To elucidate the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and factors associated with its use among American children and teens, Gurjeet Birdee, from Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts, USA), and colleagues surveyed 9,417 individuals ages 18 and under. Excluding …
State University of New York/Buffalo (US) researchers propose that friends may influence how much food adolescents eat. In an effort to elucidate the interrelationship between food and social activity in overweight and non-overweight children, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, from State University of New York/Buffalo (USA), and colleagues assessed 54 overweight and non-overweight youths, ages 9 to 11 …