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Study finds obesity drug helps teens lose weight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A drug called semaglutide, which is approved for adults with obesity or overweight, also helps adolescents shed pounds and have healthier hearts, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at Obesity Week 2022.
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Plea in SC seeks to provide free sanitary pads to girls studying in Classe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The petitioner said that serious difficulty are faced by adolescent females between the ages of 11 to 18 years coming from poor backgrounds.
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Study finds lack of sleep a contributor to obesity in teenagers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, according to new research.
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Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with overweight and obesity:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep,according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics in
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Excess physical activity, less screen time linked to better function in to
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Executive function underlies your ability to engage in goal-directed behaviors," said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign kinesiology and community health professor Naiman Khan, who led the study with graduate student Arden McMath and food science and human nutrition professor Sharon Do
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Staggering backsliding across Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI/PNN): A new UN report, titled Protect the Promise, shows that women's and children's health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people
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Study finds more physical activity, less screen time linked to better exec
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): A new study found that 24-month-old children who spent less than 60 minutes looking at screens each day and those who engaged in at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity had better executive function than their peers. Executive function includes the a
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Study finds no adverse effects of early fluoride exposure found on childho
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): A new study has provided evidence that exposure to fluoridated water by young children was not negatively associated with child emotional, behavioural development and executive functioning in their adolescent years.
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Setting sleep schedule can help adolescents get more sleep: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): According to the National Sleep Foundation and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, most adolescents get less than eight, especially on school nights, even though they need eight to 10 hours of sleep per night to maintain physical health, emotional well-b
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Study suggests how setting a sleep schedule can help adolescents get more
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): Teens may experience disrupted sleep, daytime fatigue, and changes in mood and focus when adjusting to a new sleep schedule at the start of the school year.
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Promoting Gender Equity, American India Foundation joins hands with EY - C
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AIF's flagship education program - Digital Equalizer in partnership with EY launched the 'EY Skillbridge Program', as a part of their Corporate Responsibility program to enable 2,50,000 adolescent girls across 500+ schools
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In young women, combined oral contraceptives don't raise risk of macromast
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], September 29 (ANI): A study published in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, found that combined oral contraceptives (COCs) containing both oestrogen and progestin do not contrib
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