Lack of exercise among adolescents affects more than just their physical condition. It turns out that the problem is complex, ...

To examine the reliability of a set of health-related physical fitness tests used in the European Union-funded Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) Study on lifestyle and ...

Recreational physical activity may be associated with breast tissue composition and biomarkers of stress in adolescent girls, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

Objective To summarise the current evidence on the effects of physical activity (PA) interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children, and formulate research priorities and ...

Recreational physical activity or lack thereof could be a factor in whether teenage girls develop breast cancer later.

1 Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 3 Hunter Medical Research ...

Social media is an important part of the lives of adolescents and children. Increased access to and use of social media has raised concerns among parents, physicians, public health officials, and ...

More than 80% of school-going adolescents globally don’t meet recommendations of at least one hour of physical activity per day, said a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday ...

Chennai, Jan. 20 -- Highlights: ...

This assessment aims to identify concrete actions the IRC can take to better respond to the needs of Syrian and Jordanian adolescent girls. The assessment objectives are: to explore how the day-to-day ...