conclusions although the high prevalence of health disorders was found among schoolchildren, these rates were lower than those of previous studies in other regions. results of the current study can help health policy makers to design educational programs concerning dental and public health interventions to deal with nutritional problems in children. materials and methods this cross-sectional st...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the influence of smoking habits and education of family, parents, the type of school and gender on smoking in adolescents. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed on 1062 students from eight high schools in Eyup, Istanbul. RESULTS Twenty-five per cent of students were current smokers (30.1% of boys [n = 551], 20.9% girls [n= 511] 95%...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated factors associated with the ability of Japanese junior high school students to recognize the signs of dating violence. METHODS During a period of 20 months (from June 2011 to January 2013), a survey was distributed to 3340 students aged 13-15 years in the second and third grades at 18 junior high schools in a Japanese prefecture. The survey examined gender, ...

Little is understood about generalized and non-generalized social anxiety disorder (SAD) and their associations with co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescence. In the present study, we investigated adolescent boys with SAD symptoms and considered depressive symptoms as well as antisocial behaviors when looking for patterns during two developmental time periods; junior...

Background: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is still a public health problem across the globe and also in Burkina Faso, especially for under-five-years-old children. Since less information is available about the prevalence of VAD among the primary school children, this study aimed to study this area. Methods: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted to assess the effect of hi...

Disproportionate representation of males and females in science courses and careers continues to be of concern. This article explores gender differences in Australian high school students’ perceptions of school science and their intentions to study university science courses. Nearly 3800 15year-old students responded to a range of 5-point Likert items relating to intentions to study science at ...

This study examined the regular sport participation of Turkish high school students with regard to gender, age and parents’ education. A total 2099 high school students voluntarily participated in this study. The sport indexes of Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire and a demographic data sheet were administered to the participants. In terms of regular sport participation, approximately h...

Disordered eating and eating disorders are of great concern due to their associations with physical and mental health risks. Even if adolescence has been identified as the most vulnerable time for developing disordered eating, few studies have used a broad spectrum of criteria to investigate the prevalence of disordered eating among high school students of both genders, in different programs of...

introduction: eating disorder symptoms and social anxiety can be occurring in the same time. also social anxiety is one of the important factors predicting eating disorder symptoms which vary among different cultures and countries. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between eating disorder symptoms and social anxiety in school boys.  materials and methods: this was a cross-...