Fast Food Consumption, Quality of Diet, and Obesity among Isfahanian Adolescent Girls by Mohammad Hossein Rouhani, Maryam Mirseifinezhad, Nasrin Omrani, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Leila Azadbakht

“…This study was conducted to determine the association between fast food consumption and diet quality as well as obesity among Isfahani girls. …”
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Higher Consumption of Carbonated Drinks and Fast Food Related to Depression and Quality of Life in Adolescent Girls by Abbas Ali Sangouni, Zahra Darabi, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh

“…Background: The association between fast food, whole grain, refined grain and carbonated drink consumption and depression and quality of life (QoL) was evaluated in Iranian adolescent girls. …”
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THE LIFESTYLE OF A MODERN GIRL AS A FACTOR DETERMINING REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL by Карина Ниловна Мингареева, Альфия Галимовна Ящук, Ксения Николаевна Ящук

“…In our study, the average sleep duration was 6.63 ± 1.09 hours per day. Fast food products are widely consumed in the surveyed cohort, this was stated by 84.2 % of respondents, of whom 20.3 % eat fast food daily. …”
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Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Body Fat, Fasting Blood Glucose in a Sample of Moroccan Adolescents Aged 11–17 Years by Slimane Mehdad, Abdeslam Hamrani, Khalid El Kari, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Amina Barakat, Mohamed El Mzibri, Najat Mokhtar, Hassan Aguenaou

“…FBG was highly correlated with FM and PBF in girls of the study sample and in overweight-obese girls. …”
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Systemic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Childhood Obesity: Sex Differences in Adiposity Indices and Cardiovascular Risk by Tjaša Hertiš Petek, Evgenija Homšak, Mateja Svetej, Nataša Marčun Varda

“…Both girls and boys with overweight or obesity showed higher CRP levels. …”
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Central obesity is a burden even in normal weight adolescents of a non-metropolitan Indian City: A case for alarm and action for prevention and control by Tabassum Nawab, Zulfia Khan, Iqbal M. Khan, Mohammad A. Ansari

“…The prevalence was significantly higher among girls (33.6%, 95%CI: 28.3-39.3) than in boys (24.7%, 95%CI: 20.7-29.3) and in the affluent group (38.8%, 95%CI: 33.7-44.1) than in non-affluent (18.2%, 95%CI: 14.4-22.7). …”
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Fitness versus Fatness and Insulin Resistance in U.S. Adolescents by Doyle M. Cummings, Katrina D. DuBose, Satomi Imai, David N. Collier

“…Positive correlations existed between lnHOMA and waist circumference (r=0.59; r=0.54) for boys and girls, respectively. lnHOMA and VO2max were inversely related in boys (r=−0.29) but not girls (r=−0.06). …”
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TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance by Ahmad Kamil Nur Zati Iwani, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Md Zain Fuziah, Janet Yeow Hua Hong, Yahya Abqariyah, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud

“…Children with elevated TG : HDL-C ratio had lower fasting glucose compared to children with MetS (boys = 5.15 ± 0.4 vs. 6.34 ± 2.85 mmol/l, p=0.02; girls = 5.17 ± 0.28 vs. 6.8 ± 4.3 mmol/l, p=0.03). …”
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Acanthosis nigricans and its association with cardio-metabolic risk factors in children with overweight/obesity: A school-based cross-sectional study by Rashmi R. Das, Manaswini Mangaraj, Saurav Nayak, Amit K. Satapathy, Samarendra Mahapatro

“…Physical examination, anthropometry, and blood pressure (BP) data were collected. Fasting blood samples were collected to measure insulin, glucose, homeostasis model assessment index (HOMAIR), and lipid profile. …”
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The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Possible Chronobiotic-Cytoprotective Adjuvant Therapy by Eduardo Spinedi, Daniel P. Cardinali

“…Maturation of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone secretion pattern in girls in puberty is closely related to changes in the sleep-wake cycle and could have relevance in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome. …”
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Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager by Niraj Parajuli, Shraddha Shrestha, Laila Lama, Rushma Shrestha, Sumida Tiwari, Anupama Karki

“…A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. …”
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The Association of Weight Status with Physical Fitness among Chinese Children by Xianwen Shang, Ailing Liu, Yanping Li, Xiaoqi Hu, Lin Du, Jun Ma, Guifa Xu, Ying Li, Hongwei Guo, Guansheng Ma

“…Boys performed better than girls, and the older children performed better than their younger counterparts for all physical fitness tests. …”
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Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yiren Chen, Lijun Wu, Zijun Liao, Yiying Huang, Qin Liu, Shaoli Li, Junting Liu, Xinnan Zong, Jun Tai, Fangfang Chen

“…Body composition, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, and blood lipid levels were assessed. …”
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Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy in the Maxilla by Daniel Falbo Martins de Souza, Daniel Isaac Sendyk, Juliana Seo, Eduardo Vasques da Fonseca, Maria da Graça Naclério-Homem, Maria Cristina Zindel Deboni

“…Here, we describe an MNTI case in a two-month-old girl with increasing swelling in the left cheek. …”
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MOG associated autoimmune encephalomyelitis with active disease dynamic in imaging examinations and minimal clinical manifestation by E. Tilindytė, I. Muliuolis, R. Samaitienė

“…After a few more days, the girl presented with urinary retention and was admitted to the hospital. …”
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