Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
“Greater use of social media was associated with a greater likelihood of getting too little sleep in an Acta Paediatrica study of Canadian students aged 11-20 years. (more)
Psychology Today – Erlanger A Turner Ph.D.
“Depression is a serious mental health condition that has been connected with suicidal behaviors among adults and youth. Symptoms of depression may include: sadness, feeling hopeless, loss of interest in hobbies, decreased energy, and thoughts of death or suicide (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS; 2015). In a study published in the December 2017 issue of Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, the authors report that exercise may help reduce depression symptoms among adolescents. (more)
NPR – Cory Turner
“Trauma” is a heavy and haunting word. For many Americans, it conjures images of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The emotional toll from those wars made headlines and forced a healthcare reckoning at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a pediatrician, would like to see a similar reckoning in every doctor’s office, health clinic and classroom in America — for children who have experienced trauma much closer to home. (more)
BT – Staff Writer
The least fit British children 20 years ago would be considered among the fittest children today, according to research. The report, which features on a BBC television programme about childhood fitness initiative Super Movers, said that the least fit child in a class of 30 in 1998 would be among the five fittest in 2018. Although childhood obesity has been falling for 10 years, the study found that childhood fitness has continued to fall. (more)
Medical News Bulletin – Staff Writer
Over the last three decades, significant increases in obesity rates and the prevalence of overweight individuals have been observed in the United States. Although increases in obesity have been observed in all racial groups, research has shown that African American and Hispanic children and adults are a particularly high-risk group. Prior research looking into successful weight management strategies has found that strategies involving parents and behavioral and cognitive elements are the most effective. (more)