Secular trend and projection of overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7–18 years from 1985 to 2019: Rural areas are becoming the focus of investment by Jiajia Dang, Yunfei Liu, Shan Cai, Panliang Zhong, Di Shi, Ziyue Chen, Yihang Zhang, Yanhui Dong, Jun Ma, Yi Song, Jing Ni, Xuehong Zhang

“…However, no inflection points were observed in the best-fit models for rural boys and girls during the period 1985–2019. The prevalence of overweight and obesity for both urban and rural boys is expected to converge at 35.76% by approximately 2027. …”
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Validation of Schwartz’s Human Values Scale in Spanish Children by José L. Álvaro, Elena Pascual Sánchez, Khalil da Costa Silva, Ana R. Torres, Alicia Garrido, Miryam Rodríguez

“…The sex of the participants, in turn, showed differences in the dimensions of self-transcendence and self-enhancement; boys scored higher in the values of self-enhancement while girls scored higher in the values of self-transcendence.…”
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Analysis of spatial distribution and access to schools in district 20th of Tehran ‎municipality by habibollah Fasihi

“…The distribution of public education schools (primary and first period of secondary schools) had a more clustered pattern compared to the specialized schools. 29.9% of the area was not inside the access area of boys' elementary schools. The out of access area of girls' elementary schools,  first period boys' high schools and the  girls' ones were 6,27, 13/7 and 3/7 percent respectively. …”
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Facial emotion recognition in adolescent depression: The role of childhood traumas, emotion regulation difficulties, alexithymia and empathy by Hesna Gul, Yasemin Tas Torun, Fatma Hulya Cakmak, Ahmet Gul

“…Subjects and Methods: A total of 67 drug-naive adolescents with depression (11 boys, 56 girls; 11–17 years) were recruited for the study. …”
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Analysis of Body Shapes and Physical Activity Dominant Patterns in a Coloring Books Collection by Vladimir Martínez Bello

“…The aim of the study was to analyse whether the images in a collection of coloring books entitled <em>The Boys´ Doodles</em> <em>Book</em> and <em>The girl´s</em> <em>Doodles</em> <em>Book</em> show sexist stereotypes about body models and dominant patterns of physical activity. …”
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Images of War in Late Victorian War and Adventure Novels for Children by Dorothea Flothow

“…Although the majority of these novels were written for boys, a number of girls’ novels will also be analysed, for female characters were also given a more active role in the boys’ novels of the 1890s.…”
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An Empirical Study of the Features of Coordination Functions in Hearing-Impaired Children of Primary School Age by L.N. Molchanova, A.V. Buzovkina

“…According to this theory, there are five levels of the movement construction system: the level of static coordination (A), the level of dynamic coordination (B), the level of spatial coordination (C), the level of object coordination (D) and the level of symbolic coordination (E). 60 respondents took part in the study. 30 hearing-impaired primary schoolchildren (7&ndash;11 years old) with sensorineural hearing loss (13 girls and 17 boys) were included in the experimental group, and 30 primary schoolchildren (7&ndash;11 years old) without hearing impairment formed the control group (16 girls and 14 boys). …”
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Male Central Precocious Puberty: Serum Profile of Anti-Müllerian Hormone and Inhibin B before, during, and after Treatment with GnRH Analogue by Romina P. Grinspon, Luz Andreone, Patricia Bedecarrás, María Gabriela Ropelato, Rodolfo A. Rey, Stella M. Campo, Ignacio Bergadá

“…We aimed to describe the functional changes of Sertoli cells, based on the measurement of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and inhibin B during treatment with GnRHa and after its withdrawal in boys with central precocious puberty. Six boys aged 0.8 to 5.5 yr were included. …”
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Corporal Punishment of Children in Nine Countries as a Function of Child Gender and Parent Gender by Jennifer E. Lansford, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Desmond K. Runyan, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli

“…Across the entire sample, 54% of girls and 58% of boys had experienced mild corporal punishment, and 13% of girls and 14% of boys had experienced severe corporal punishment by their parents or someone in their household in the last month. …”
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Sex-specific alterations in creatine metabolism in cellular compartments of peripheral blood leukocytes in type 1 diabetes by Nina Alchujyan, Elena Aghajanova, Nina Movsesyan, Arthur Melkonyan, Artashes Guevorkian, Armen Andreasyan, Margarita Hovhannisyan

“…In boys of Group II, the cytoplasmic Cr levels decreased by half, regardless of the GC or disease duration, while the mitochondrial Cr levels decreased by 55% only in boys with LT-T1D and a poor GC. …”
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Temporomandibular Disorders among Dutch Adolescents: Prevalence and Biological, Psychological, and Social Risk Indicators by Carolina Marpaung, Frank Lobbezoo, Maurits K. A. van Selms

“…The overall prevalence of pain-related TMDs was 21.6% (26.1% for girls and 17.6% for boys) and that of TMJ sounds was 15.5% (19.3% for girls and 11.7% for boys). …”
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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCES IN ADOLESCENCE by ELLI TUOMISTO, RIITTAKERTTU KALTIALA, SARI FRÖJD, MAURI MARTTUNEN

“…Results: Girls reported more positive (79.1%) and negative (10.4%) social media experiences than boys (72.1% and 5.4%). Depression was inversely associated with positive and directly with negative social media experiences in both sexes. …”
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Is grip strength linked to body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in primary schoolchildren? Cross-sectional data from three African countries by Juerg Utzinger, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Honorati Masanja, Uwe Pühse, Bassirou Bonfoh, Ivan Müller, Cheryl Walter, Rosa Du Randt, Stefanie Gall, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Peter Steinmann, Markus Gerber, Fredros O Okumu, Serge Ayekoé, Jean T Coulibaly, Dao Daouda, Bomey Clément Gba, Benal Kouassi, Sylvain G Traoré, Marceline F Finda, Elihaika G Minja, Getrud J Mollel, Johanna Beckmann, Christin Lang, Kurt Z Long

“…Therefore, this study examines whether HGS is associated with body composition and markers of cardiovascular risk in children from three sub-Saharan African countries.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Public primary schools (grade 1–4) in Taabo (Côte d’Ivoire), Gqeberha (South Africa) and Ifakara (Tanzania).Participants Data from 467 children from Côte d’Ivoire (210 boys, 257 girls), 864 children from South Africa (429 boys, 435 girls) and 695 children from Tanzania (334 boys, 361 girls) were analysed.Primary and secondary outcome measures Body composition (assessed via bioelectrical impedance analysis) was the primary outcome. …”
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The Effectiveness of Group Training Based on Cognitive Load Theory on Understanding the Concepts of Science and Academic Enthusiasm in Elementary Male Students by Mehdi Starami, Siavash Talepasand

“…The statistical population consisted of all sixth-grade boys in non-public elementary schools in Kordkuy city, Golestan province, in the academic year 2020-2021. …”
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Cardiovascular Endurance, Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Carotenoid Intake of Children: NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey by Joan A. Vaccaro, Fatma G. Huffman

“…Considering the highest percentile, boys had a heart rate reserve of 35%, whereas girls had a heart rate reserve of 13% (less than half that of boys). …”
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Copying fidelity of functional and non-functional features in ni-Vanuatu children: A transmission chain study by Anne Sibilsky, Heidi Colleran, Dominik Deffner, Daniel B M Haun

“…Here, we examine children's copying fidelity in observational learning of 5- to 13-year-olds from five different communities in Vanuatu, both individually (n = 263, 144 boys) and throughout a transmission chain of five to six children (n = 324, 178 boys). …”
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Identifikasi Carrier Bakteri Streptococcus β hemolyticus Group A pada Murid SD Negeri 13 Padang Berdasarkan Perbedaan Umur dan Jenis Kelamin by Fadhila Aini, Aziz Djamal, Elly Usman

“…Based on gender which consisted of 54 boys and 50 girls, found that only 2 people carrier on boys. …”
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Prevalensi Gangguan Pemusatan Perhatian dan Hiperaktivitas pada Siswa dan Siswi Sekolah Dasar Negeri Kecamatan Padang Timur Kota Padang Tahun 2013 by Dita Eka Novriana, Amel Yanis, Machdawaty Masri

“…The ratio between boys and girls is 2 : 1. ADHD’s symptomp mostly found in the range of age 11 – 13 years old and also in the 5th grade of primary school. …”
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Selective dorsal rhizotomy long-term effects on functional motility in Jordanian children with spastic cerebral palsy by Yazan E. Al-kharabsheh, Anas Said, Ismail A. Ismaiel, Issam Khawaja, Marwan Altaher, Ali Bani-Ahmed, Carmen M. Cirstea, Carmen M. Cirstea

“…Twelve-month functional improvement was similar in boys and girls (GMFCS decreased in 44.0% of boys vs. 37.5% of girls). …”
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Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction by Gregor Kohls, Erik M. Elster, Peter Tino, Graeme Fairchild, Christina Stadler, Arne Popma, Christine M. Freitag, Stephane A. De Brito, Kerstin Konrad, Ruth Pauli

“…With CD being more prevalent in boys than girls, various theories aim to explain this sex difference. …”
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