Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics have said after a new study suggests that having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life.A child’s body mass index ...

One part of parenting is deciding when their teenager poses or has a problem; another is dealing with the problem in a ...

Across 28 countries in Africa, armed conflict within 25 kilometers of a female primary school student's household is ...

Poorer cardiovascular health in childhood and adolescence may be linked to early differences in brain structure, particularly ...

Investigating the interplay of genetics, brain maturation, and mental health, this study reveals insights into adolescent ...

About three-quarters of adolescents report common mental disorders, with a high likelihood of chronicity of symptoms.

A team at the University of Cordoba analyzed more than 8,000 scientific papers on substance use and adolescence to look for ...

mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Objective To systematically review and meta-analyse how physical activity (PA) changes from adolescence to early adulthood (13–30 years). Data sources Seven electronic databases ...

Summary: Adolescent rats fed a high-fat diet displayed increased impulsivity and altered decision-making as adults. These “cheesecake rats” were quicker to act on visual cues (indicative of ...