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Obesity in schoolchildren and their parents

Annals of Human Biology, 1979
The height, weight and left triceps skinfold thickness of 2190 schoolchildren were measured and the heights and weights of their parents obtained from a postal questionnaire. Power-type obesity indices were used to correct weight for height in parents and children.
S M, Keiller, J R, Colley, R G, Carpenter   +2 more
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Schoolchildren’s Expectations from Their First Employment

Вопросы образования, 2014
The paper analyzes the expectations Russian 9th graders have about their first employment: when they are going to start working, whether they believe that work should first of all be highly paid or find self-realization in work more important, etc.
Aleksandra Yuzhaninova
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Asymptomatic Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children During a Mycoplasma Outbreak

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of M. pneumoniae detections in asymptomatic children during an outbreak. Methods We prospectively recruited symptomatic and asymptomatic children under 18 years of age between 1 January and 1 November 2024. Picornavirus positivity was also assessed in both groups.
Minna Honkila, Ville Lindholm, Anna‐Karoliina Ojala, Ulla Koskela, Tytti Pokka, Vesa Mäki‐Koivisto, Suvi Mattila, Terhi Ruuska‐Loewald   +7 more
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Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos, Livia Cangiano Antipon   +1 more
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Schools as Sites of Activism: Students' Political Socialisation and Activism at School

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores students' political socialisation and activism at school. It draws on research from two datasets: interviews with 24 activists aged 15–25, and data from a national survey of 1600 school students in Wales. Wales offers a unique perspective as a case study for the enactment of young people's civil and political rights, given ...
Rhian Barrance, Esther Muddiman, Mark Connolly, Kate Marston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heavy Schistosomiasis Associated With Poor Short-Term Memory and Slower Reaction Times in Tanzania Schoolchildren [PDF]

, 2002
Cross-sectional studies of the relationship between helminth infection and cognitive function can be informative in ways that treatment studies cannot.
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology,Imperial College Shool of Medicine,London, Department for Infectious Disease
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Statistical Properties of Height of Japanese Schoolchildren

, 2009
We study height distributions of Japanese schoolchildren based on the statictical data which are obtained from the school health survey by the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology, Japan .
A'Hearn B., Clemons T., Crow E. W., Eknoyan G., Ishii T., Khosla T., Limpert E., Press W. H., Quetelet A., Sasaki Y.   +9 more
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Improved prediction of symptomatic type 1 diabetes using a luciferase‐based assay to measure (pro)insulin autoantibodies

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Insulin autoantibodies (IAA) are key predictors of type 1 diabetes, particularly in young children. Micro‐radiobinding assays (RBA) are the gold standard for IAA measurement but have limitations. We assessed whether a luciferase immunoprecipitation system (LIPS) assay improved diabetes risk assessment.
Rebecca C. Wyatt, Cristina Brigatti, Sian L. Grace, Claire L. Williams, Ilaria Marzinotto, Ben T. Gillard, Elena Bazzigaluppi, Deborah Shoemark, Michela A.‐M. Chandler, Peter Achenbach, Lorenzo Piemonti, BOX Study Group, Isabel Wilson, Rachel Aitken, Ilana Kelland, Clare Megson, Chitrabhanu Ballav, Atanu Dutta, Michelle Russell‐Taylor, Rachel Besser, James Bursell, Shanthi Chandran, Sejal Patel, Anne Smith, Manohara Kenchaiah, Gomathi Margabanthu, Foteini Kavvoura, Chandan Yaliwal, AWAF, Rachel Aitken, Olivia Pearce, Sarah Stollery, Elinor Balch, Hanah Batholomew, Zhara Hashmi, Kathleen M. Gillespie, Vito Lampasona, Alistair J. K. Williams, Anna E. Long   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motivation of schoolchildren and students for health related tourism

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2015
Purpose: determination of schoolchildren’s and students’ motivation for different kinds of health related tourism. Material: In the research 50 pupils of 5-9 forms and 50 first and forth year students participated.
K.V. Mulyk, V.V. Mulyk
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How do we increase public understanding of the benefits provided by SUDS? [PDF]

, 2015
Background to researchRecent Scottish Government policy is to develop Scotland as the world’s first Hydro Nation which places more emphasis on water as central to our national identity.
Berwick, Neil, Dello Sterpaio, Patricia, Duffy, Alison   +2 more
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