Tag: Adolescents / Teens

Baseline plasma PFOS linked to longitudinal changes in bone mineral density in overweight/obese Hispanic teens

Providers should screen for suicide risk at well-child visits starting at age 12 years and during higher-risk situations

Significantly higher risk seen for stress, suicidal ideation, and substance use

Non-Hispanic Black children have increased odds of unmet needs for behavioral problems compared with non-Hispanic Whites

Lower sport-related concussion rates seen with use of prevention strategies, including mouth guards

Findings seen for two or more hours of social media use per day, especially for alcohol consumption

Lower number of positive experiences tied to higher binge eating, less intuitive eating

For every 10,000 children examined, one to two persons expected to develop hematologic malignancy over next 12 years

Firearms were mainly lower or moderate in power; 82.1 percent were obtained via theft from relatives

Findings show historically low cigarette use, but higher e-cigarette use