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Prevalence of excess body weight and underweight among 26 Chinese ethnic minority children and adolescents in 2014: a cross-sectional observational study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Little is known regarding the nutritional burden in Chinese ethnic minority children. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of excess body weight and underweight for 26 ethnic groups.
Yanhui Dong, Zhiyong Zou, Zhaogeng Yang, Zhenghe Wang, Yide Yang, Jun Ma, Bin Dong, Yinghua Ma, Luke Arnold   +8 more
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Immediate and longer-term changes in mental health of children with parent–child separation experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023
Background The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been understudied among vulnerable populations. This study aimed to examine the immediate and longer-term changes in the mental health of children with parent–child separation experiences ...
Peipei Wu, Shihong Wang, Xudong Zhao, Jiao Fang, Fangbiao Tao, Puyu Su, Yuhui Wan, Ying Sun   +7 more
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An association between body image dissatisfaction and digit ratio among Chinese children and adolescents

Scientific Reports, 2021
Body image dissatisfaction (BID) is a negative evaluation of personal physical characteristics, including dissatisfaction with body shape, gender, sexual organs, appearance and so forth, and it plays an important role in growth and development.
Yongting Yuan, Jingyao Hu, Lili Sun, Yifei Zhang, Bangxuan Wang, Rongying Yao, Hui Han, Lianguo Fu   +7 more
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Adolescent health

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2006
INTRODUCTION. Growth, development, and adaptation to numerous internal changes, as well as the changing roles of adolescents within the family and the community often take place within an environment of drug abuse, increased sexual freedom, weakened family structure, and under the strong influence of the media.
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Gender inequality and sex differences in physical fighting, physical activity, and injury among adolescents across 36 countries [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: Sex differences in adolescent health are widely documented, but social explanations for these sex differences are scarce. This study examines whether societal gender inequality (i.e., men’s and women’s unequal share in political participation ...
Currie, Candace, de Looze, Margaretha, Elgar, Frank J., Kolip, Petra, Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.   +4 more
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ACOMPANYA’M a novel multimodal intervention plan

European Psychiatry
Introduction The Residential Educational Therapeutic Unit Accompany from Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, is a device integrated into the public health network, intended for the comprehensive care of children and adolescents under 18 years of age ...
I. Insa Pineda, I. Rueda Bárcena, C. Lamborena Ramos, F. de Pedro Melgarejo, A. Planas Bas, T. Prieto Toribio, E. Lujan Lujan, M. Ribas Siñol   +7 more
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Healthy apple program to support child care centers to alter nutrition and physical activity practices and improve child weight: a cluster randomized trial

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background North Carolina Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) resources improve child body mass index (BMI) when the resources are introduced by nurses to child care providers, and offered with workshops and ...
Jodi D. Stookey, Jane Evans, Curtis Chan, Lisa Tao-Lew, Tito Arana, Susan Arthur   +5 more
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Relative children’s lipid accumulation with hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background This study aimed to develop a novel indicator associated with hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents, the relative children’s lipid accumulation product (RCLAP). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018.
Zizhe Zhang, Li Zhang, Lili Sun, Bangxuan Wang, Yongting Yuan, Huaiquan Gao, Lianguo Fu   +6 more
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Quality newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: measuring early newborn care practices and identifying opportunities for improvement

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Renewed attention and investment is needed to improve the quality of care during the early newborn period to address preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Alyce N. Wilson, Pele Melepia, Rose Suruka, Priscah Hezeri, Dukduk Kabiu, Delly Babona, Pinip Wapi, Naomi Spotswood, Meghan A. Bohren, Joshua P. Vogel, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Alison Morgan, James G. Beeson, Christopher Morgan, Lisa M. Vallely, Edward J. Waramin, Michelle J. L. Scoullar, Caroline S. E. Homer   +17 more
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The implementability and proximal effects of a transdiagnostic mental health intervention for adolescents (Kort): protocol for a mixed-methods intensive longitudinal study

BMC Health Services Research
Background This protocol describes a study designed to test the implementability and proximal effects of a transdiagnostic mental health intervention for adolescents in school health services.
Thomas Engell, Siri Saugestad Helland, Emily Gabriela Vira, Silje Berg, Line Solheim Kvamme, John Kjøbli, Josefine Bergseth, Inga Brenne, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb, Line Brager-Larsen, Anette Jeneson, Ane Lønsetteig, Ole-Martin Vangen, Knut-Petter Leinan, Anneli Mellblom   +15 more
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