Children living close to fast food outlets more likely to be overweight
Children living in areas surrounded by fast food outlets are more likely to be overweight or obese according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Centre for Diet and...
Quality Improvement Initiative Improves Asthma Outcomes in Teens
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have successfully carried out what is believed to be the first initiative conducted exclusively among teenagers to show significant improvement in their asthma outcomes.
The quality improvement initiative,...
When Tragedy Strikes: Timing and Honesty Key to Talking About, Dealing with Trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder from media exposure alone is rare
In the aftermath of the horrendous mass shootings many parents and caregivers may wonder how, or even whether, to discuss such a traumatic event with their...
Sticks and Stones
Jennifer E. Beebe, PhD, assistant professor of counseling and human services at Canisius College, says that to prevent or stop bullying, schools must implement collaborative programs that involve teachers, administrators and school counselors.
“It is...
School work a worry for sleepless teens
As Year 12 begins for thousands of South Australian students, a new Flinders University study shows teens who can’t fall asleep at night are mainly worrying about the fallout of sleeping in and missing...
Tips for taking the pain out of packing school lunch boxes
School starts across most of Australia this week, so parents and carers are breaking out the lunch boxes once again. For some, preparing food that kids will want to eat can become something of...
Cancer Council and eftpos put skin cancer in the shade
Cancer Council is encouraging Australian secondary schools to do more to help prevent skin cancer, with the launch of its new secondary school shade initiative funded by the eftpos Giveback program.
From today, Australian high...
Return to school set to spark Asthma ‘epidemic’
Parents and teachers are being warned to prepare for a surge in asthma emergencies when children return to classrooms for the start of the 2014 school year.
The National Asthma Council Australia says that the...
Return to school set to spark Asthma 'epidemic'
Parents and teachers are being warned to prepare for a surge in asthma emergencies when children return to classrooms for the start of the 2014 school year.
The National Asthma Council Australia says that the...
Fear of Being Too Skinny May Put Teen Boys at Risk for Depression, Steroid...
Teenage boys who think they’re too skinny when they are actually a healthy weight are at greater risk of being depressed as teens and as adults when compared to other boys, even those who...
