OBJECTIVES To determine if physical activity (PA) during the school day varied by school, grade level, gender, weight status, and physical education (PE) and recess participation among urban kindergarten and first-grade students. METHODS Cross-sectional study at 4 Bronx, NY, schools. Student PA was measured by a Yamax Digi-Walker pedometer, an objective and validated measure of PA in children...

Plasma GH profiles and IGF-I concentrations were determined in Large White intact male (LW-M), female (LW-F) and castrated male (LW-C) and in Meishan intact male (MS-M) pigs between 10 and 140 d of age. Mean GH levels slightly increased between 10 and 45 d of age in LW pigs, in connection with an alteration in the temporal distribution of GH peaks, whereas neither interpulse GH level nor maximu...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is important for prevention of greater damages of the parts of the oro-facial system. There are early symptoms that can be used as predictors of TMD. AIM The study aimed to assess the frequency of the symptoms of TMD among dental students. METHODS Total number of 166 respondents, all undergraduate dental students, (84 female, 8...

This descriptive-comparative study was carried out to examine the relationship between the distribution of body mass index (BMI) values and scores on the Social Comparison Scale (SCS) and the Body Cathexis Scale (BCS). The study was carried out among 373 randomly selected students who were currently studying at a government private high school (N = 208) or a public high school (N = 165) located...

OBJECTIVE To observe the smoking patterns among high school students in Sarakhs County, Iran. METHODS This is a cross sectional school based survey. The study population was 943 high school students grade 9-12, from Sarakhs County in study year 2010-2011. Study tool was a self-administrated questionnaire. RESULTS From 943 participating students, 181(19.2%) had history of smoking. The mean a...

background fatigue is a common symptom and one of the most important issues in community psychology. this study aimed to compare the rate and severity of fatigue in male and female students of jiroft university of medical sciences and to present appropriate solutions. material and methods this descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 200 students who were selected randomly at jiroft univer...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, behavioural patterns, and determinants of smoking among a large sample of high-school students from Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, information on sociodemographic characteristics and personal history of tobacco, alcohol, coffee, and illicit drug use was obtained from 2974 students, aged 12-19 years (48.7% female, 51.3% male), us...

background: depression is one of the most prevalence mental disorders in the world. this cross-sectional study carried out to determine the prevalence of depression among the students of kerman university of medical sciences and its relationship with their demographic characteristics in october of 200 1. methods: the study was performed on 771 students (574 female and 197 male) by stratified sa...

Background The burden of chronic rhinosinusitis symptoms experienced by Saudi citizens is considered an important factor in getting overall insight the problem region, therefore our study aimed to determine prevalence risk factors with nasal polyps and correlate various sociodemographic parameters among population. Methods This analyzed five-year cross-sectional data from 2017-2021. A total 386...