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Waist-to-Height Ratio Detects Fat Obesity in Children and Adolescents Significantly Better than BMI

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist...

Waist-to-Height Ratio Detects Fat Obesity in Children and Adolescents Significantly Better than BMI

Parents Shopping Kids on Instagram, Wake Up

A recent article in the New York Times detailed a deeply disturbing phenomenon. Titled “A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and...

Parents Shopping Kids on Instagram, Wake Up

What's Hot? 03/08/24

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.

What's Hot? 03/08/24

Peer Pressure Susceptibility Lasts Into Adulthood

In a new study, researchers found that the influence of peer pressure continues into early adulthood, while middle-aged and older adults are better...

Peer Pressure Susceptibility Lasts Into Adulthood

About All Those Mental Health Issues...

First things first. Mental illness is real and needs compassion, concern and, when called for, treatment. For example, I have written about the...

About All Those Mental Health Issues...

Being Excluded or Truant From School Leads to Mental Health Problems—and Vice Versa

New research examines whether mental health leads to exclusion and truancy, or whether exclusion and truancy are in fact contributing to poor...

Being Excluded or Truant From School Leads to Mental Health Problems—and Vice Versa

Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids

Teens have a higher risk of self-injury -- deliberately cutting or burning themselves -- if they have a fraught relationship with a struggling...

Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids

Schools Focusing on Grades Over Learning See More Violence Against Teachers

A new study finds that schools which place higher focus on test scores and bottom-line results instead of student learning are more likely to see...

Schools Focusing on Grades Over Learning See More Violence Against Teachers

Voting Out of Fear

This is an election year. No, this isn’t a blog about who you should vote for. It is a blog about why we often vote the way we do... and shouldn’t.

Voting Out of Fear

What's Hot? 03/01/24

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.

What's Hot? 03/01/24

Teens Benefit From 'Forest Bathing' -- Even in Cities

A new study suggests that forest bathing, the simple method of being calm and quiet amongst the trees, observing nature around you while breathing...

Teens Benefit From 'Forest Bathing' -- Even in Cities

Gen Z Ready to Tell Us How to Live

Upon first hearing the results, it might make you want to roll your eyes: according to a survey conducted by the market research company OnePoll,...

Gen Z Ready to Tell Us How to Live

Antidepressant Dispensing to Adolescents and Young Adults Surged During Pandemic

Antidepressant dispensing to adolescents and young adults increased sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began—particularly among females—a new...

Antidepressant Dispensing to Adolescents and Young Adults Surged During Pandemic

9 Tips to Tackling Difficulties in Parenting

We are bound to face difficult parenting seasons, but how do we deal with them?

9 Tips to Tackling Difficulties in Parenting

Physical Fitness in Adolescence Linked to Less Atherosclerosis in Middle Age

Men who were physically fit when they were young had a lower risk of atherosclerosis almost 40 years later, according to a study led by researchers...

Physical Fitness in Adolescence Linked to Less Atherosclerosis in Middle Age

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