The impact of COVID-19-induced distance learning on physical activity and dietary habits of female students in the Qassim Region by Mona S. Almujaydil

“…Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the physical activity (PA) levels and dietary habits of individuals, particularly children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia, owing to widespread closures and social distancing measures, including school closures. …”
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Insulin Therapy with Personal Insulin Pumps and Early Angiopathy in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Joanna Tołwińska, Barbara Głowińska-Olszewska, Artur Bossowski

“…During 6 months of CSII, FMD increased and IMT decreased. Retinopathic adolescents had significantly thicker IMT and lower FMD compared to baseline results of the pump group. …”
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Young Adult Pop Fiction: Empathy and the Twilight Series by Alicia Otano Unzue

“…The readers that have made Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series an international best-seller in the young adult/adolescent pop fiction market reflect the crucial role popular literature plays in their emotional experience. …”
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Psycho-educational program for high school females by Perla Caridad López Hernández, Laura López Angulo, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Lisbet Cepero Águila, Rafael Luis Pino Pich

“…Variables analyzed: adolescents knowledge on sex-related risks, sexually transmitted infections and contraceptives. …”
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Empowering Women: A Reflection on Protecting Against Dating Violence In the Indonesian Context by Ani Purwanti, Zahroh Shaluhiyah, Bagoes Widjanarko, Aga Natalis

“… This research delves into the prevalence of dating violence among unmarried women in Indonesia, shedding light on the challenges faced by adolescents in romantic relationships. The study reveals that a substantial portion of women aged 15 to 64, specifically 33.4%, have experienced instances of physical and sexual violence throughout their lives. …”
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Prevalence of Bullying among Primary School Pupils in Al-Najaf City, Iraq by Essam Abed AL-Shibli, maytham ALnasrawii

“…It is a major public health concern affecting children and adolescents. There is no local relevant study regarding this issue.Objectives: To determine the prevalence of bullying in primary schools.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from 1st September 2023 to the 10th of April 2024 for a sample consisting of 1216 pupils. …”
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Video as a Documentation Method: A Qualitative Study of Physiotherapists' Experiences by Silje Bechmann Granås, Ingrid Konstanse Ledel Solem, Ingrid Eitzen, Jenny M. Bergschöld, Cecilie Våpenstad, Wencke Vooren Aase, Trond Halvorsen

“…Aim: To investigate the potential for using video as a method of documentation in physiotherapy for children and adolescents, and potential facilitators and barriers for use and implementation. …”
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COVID-19 in Children with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Multicenter Case Series from Iran by Hassan Esmaeeli, Mehdi Ghaderian, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Ghalibafan, Mehrzad Mahdizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Aelami

“…The patients included 4 infants, 1 child, and 2 adolescents, with a median age of 9 months and a majority of boys. …”
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Deliberate self-poisoning and suicidality: A qualitative analysis of the factors that influence repetitive suicidal behavior by Kelečević Igor M., Vejnović Ana-Marija T., Mijatović-Jovin Vesna M.

“…Recent studies point to the fact that rates of deliberate self-intoxications are rising among young people and adolescents. The choice of substance for a suicidal act highly depends on its availability. …”
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Evaluating waist-to-hip ratio in youth using frequency-modulated continuous wave radar and machine learning by Jun Byung Park, Jinjoo Choi, Jae Yoon Na, Seung Hyun Kim, Hyun-Kyung Park, Seung Yang, Sung Ho Cho

“…Abstract Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an essential predictor of cardiometabolic diseases, but traditional tape-based WHR measurements in children and adolescents can cause discomfort due to direct contact and are prone to measurer variation. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Holistic Treatment of Children by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Gideon Vardi, Joav Merrick

“…We believe a holistic approach to problems in childhood and adolescence will benefit the child, adolescent, and the whole family. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 and the confinement on the secondary level students of the Eastern region of Morocco by Hind Moumni, Fatima Elghazouani

“…Results: Out of the 689 participants, 73.7% were females; the mean age was 16.08 years (standard deviation 1.48). 94.8% of subjects reported changes in sleep habits, and 41.4% of adolescents had high levels of depressive symptoms, while 50.7% had high levels of anxiety symptoms. …”
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Integrated health and nutrition approaches to school feeding: maximising future human capital in Latin America and the Caribbean by Laura M. Irizarry, Marie Evane Tamagnan, Carla Mejía, Heidi Kessler, Sarah Grundahl Kohnstamm, Giulia Baldi

“…National School Meal programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean benefit over 80.3 million children and adolescents in the region. This paper seeks to determine the level of integration of complementary activities to school meal programmes in the region by examining their determinant factors: objectives, complementary services, governing regulatory frameworks, and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension among the Urban Population in Southeast Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Zulkefley Mohammad, Kavita Jetly, Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak, Nur Suhada Ramli, Wan Abdul Hannan Wan Ibadullah, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…Among this, 33.98% of hypertension was reported in the community and 32.45% among adolescents in school. The common risk factors that we found were male, ethnicity, education and socioeconomic level, body mass index, waist circumference, smoking, and dyslipidaemia. …”
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Prevalence and Etiological Factors of Dental Trauma among 12- and 15-Year-Old Schoolchildren of Lebanon: A National Study by Chirine Abdel Malak, Carole Chakar, Alain Romanos, Samar Rachidi

“…Traumatic dental injuries represent nearly 5% of children and adolescents’ injuries leading to serious medical and psychological issues. …”
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Clinical effectiveness and implementation outcomes of pMDI-to-DPI switch in children between 5 and 12 years of age: a scoping review protocol by Nick Sevdalis, Nick Watts, Amanda Zain, Alston Z Y Ng, Inez Yeo

“…Introduction Inhalers are critical in asthma treatment, and inappropriate inhaler use leads to poor asthma outcomes. In adults and adolescents, dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are safe and effective alternatives to mainstay pressurised metered dose inhalers and could bridge the asthma care gap while also reducing the environmental burden of asthma care. …”
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Prevalence of the oral pathogen Filifactor alocis and its FtxA toxin related to clinical parameters and presence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans by Zeinab Razooqi, Nabil Khzam, Nabil Khzam, Mahina L’Hostis, Georgios N. Belibasakis, Anders Johansson, Jan Oscarsson

“…By assessing a longitudinal Ghanaian study population of adolescents, we recently identified a possible correlation between F. alocis levels, ftxA gene carriage, and progression of clinical attachment loss (CAL). …”
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Early intervention in eating disorders: introducing the chronopathogram by Antonio Preti, Francesco Bevione, Maria Carla Lacidogna, Andrea Raballo, Michele Poletti, Giovanni Abbate-Daga

“…Abstract Eating disorders (EDs) pose significant challenges to mental and physical health, particularly among adolescents and young adults, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating risk factors. …”
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Yorùbá Literary Artists on Youths and Parenthood by Olufadekemi Adagbada, Olatunde Adeleye Adeyemo, Ejitoyosi O. Salami

“…This study, hinged on Elkind’s (1967) constructionists’ perspective of adolescents’ cognitive development and womanists’ theory as opined by Hudson-Weems (1993) and Kolawole (1997), to the effect that the desire of the agitating African women is complementarity with men in all aspects of life. …”
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