BACKGROUND Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in schoolchildren offers a promising option for malaria control. However, the optimal drug and dosing regimens for IPT remain to be determined. METHODS We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 740 schoolchildren aged 6-14 years living in a setting of high malaria transmission in Uganda. Enrolled children were rando...

AIM To investigate any association between dental erosion and its potential dietary risk factors in a group of schoolchildren in Benghazi, Libya. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional observational study. METHODS A random sample of 12-year-old schoolchildren in 36 randomly selected schools completed a questionnaire to provide dietary data and underwent dental examination. Dental erosion was assess...

Nowadays there is a significant increase of the incidence of left-handedness and sinistrality among schoolchildren. They demonstrate a large number of left-sided motor and sensory preferences which are considered as external markers of functional hemispheric asymmetry of the brain. The purposes of this study are to investigate gender peculiarities and specificity of age-related dynamics of late...

INTRODUCTION Lifestyle of an individual is responsible for sixty percent of his/her state of health. Many studies of this problem indicate that in the style of life of schoolchildren, anti-health behaviours dominate over health promoting behaviours. OBJECTIVE The objective of the presented study was recognition of the lifestyle of the rural adolescents with overweight and obesity. MATERIAL ...

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of glucosuria and the characteristics of diabetes in schoolchildren as detected by a school urine glucose screening program implemented from 2010 to 2013 in the Jeonbuk province area of Korea. A total of 110 children without known diabetes were analyzed. They were checked with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with other laboratory tests and th...

BACKGROUND Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) is common among schoolchildren, but risk factors for its onset are still largely unknown. AIMS To determine the frequency of onset of CAP in schoolchildren and investigate risk factors for its development. METHODS 1411 schoolchildren aged 11-14 years were recruited from schools in North West England. Information was collected on recent pain symptoms a...