November 26, 2012
News Clips
- With Bullying, What’s a Parent to Do?
When kids have academic problems, report cards make that clear to parents. And if a kid skins a knee or breaks a bone, parents know what to do. But detecting that a child is being bullied, and then knowing how to react, may not be so clear-cut. Kids often are reluctant to tell their parents they’re being bullied, making it difficult to know that they’re having trouble with other kids at school or online.
Healthfinder.gov
November 23, 2012 - Men who weren’t strong as boys are more likely to die young as adults: study
Swedish researchers concluded that muscular strength during adolescence has an effect on premature death. Men who were strong as teens are 20% – 35% less likely to die early from causes such as suicide or disease.
New York Daily News
November 23, 2012 - Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope?
How can you get someone to learn something if they have decided that they do not want to? After all, as Robert Lipsyte points out, “boys’ aversion to reading, let alone to novels, has been worsening for years.” First, we should discuss why it is that boys feel that reading has little significance in their lives.
Jewish Press
November 23, 2012 - Number of U.S. Kids With Diabetes Could Skyrocket: Study
If the current trends in diabetes for young people stay the same, rates of type 2 diabetes will rise by 49 percent by 2050, and rates of type 1 diabetes will increase by 23 percent, according to new government estimates.
Medline Plus
November 21, 2012 - Early Puberty in Boys: When Should Dads Start Talking About Sex with Their Sons?
But now that boys — like girls — are hitting puberty earlier than ever, they’re going to need some sex ed too. The problem, according to at least one pediatrician, is that parents aren’t lining up to explain puberty to their sons. Moms feel awkward referencing penises, says Dr. Claire McCarthy of Boston Children’s Hospital, and dads aren’t socialized to tackle the topic
Time
November 20, 2012 - American Heart Association and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Join Forces to Reverse Childhood Obesity Epidemic
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Heart Association (AHA) today announced an ambitious collaboration to reverse the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. Building upon AHA’s extensive advocacy capacity and experience, RWJF will provide the Association with $8 million in initial funding to create and manage an advocacy initiative focused on changing local, state, and federal policies to help children and adolescents eat healthier foods and be more active.
November 20, 2012 - Happier Childhoods Tied to More Wealth as Adults: Study
Do you know a happy kid? Good news: He or she is more likely than an unhappy child to be more affluent later in life. So finds a new study that links well-being in American adolescents to greater wealth by the time they reach 30.
Medline Plus
November 19, 2012 - Health Panel Backs Broad HIV Tests
(almost 40% of new HIV infections are young people ages 13 to 29)
A government health panel on Monday for the first time recommended testing for the human immunodeficiency virus for all Americans aged 15 to 65, in an effort to slow its spread. An estimated 200,000 people in the U.S. are infected with the virus that can cause AIDS and don’t realize it. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said the new draft recommendation is aimed at preventing those people from infecting others or developing AIDS themselves.
Wall Street Journal
November 19, 2012
International News
AUSTRALIA
- Health stats show young boys are more accident-prone
A report released this week revealed twice as many boys were hospitalised as a result of an injury than girls in the eight years to 2007.
Fraser Coast Chronicle
November 23, 2012
UK
- Too much studying damages health and increases risk bone disease
It might sound like one of the many excuses touted by teenagers eager to dodge homework duties, but it seems studying too long and hard could actually be bad for their health. In newly published research scientists have claimed long revision sessions spent at desks could be damaging their bones. A team of experts from the University of Exeter found that studying put girls at particular risk, while for boys ‘gaming’ on the internet posed the greatest threat.
Mail Online
November 20, 2012 - Boys quizzed over 500 rapes a year by gangs
Young gang members in London are to be challenged over a growing culture of rape and violence against women. In a ground-breaking project, the Safer London Foundation crime-fighting charity will question groups of boys aged from 12 to 15 about their attitudes to sex, girlfriends and relationships.
London Evening Standard
November 20, 2012