Predictors of high-risk patterns of substance use are often analysed in relation to demographic and school-related factors. The interaction between these factors and the additional impact of family wealth are still new areas of research. The aim of this study was to find determinants of the most common patterns of psychoactive substance use in mid-adolescence, compared to non-users. A sample of...

Limited evidence exists for the association between diet pattern and obesity phenotypes among Chinese adults. In the present study, we analyzed the cross-sectional data from 474,192 adults aged 30-79 years from the China Kadoorie Biobank baseline survey. Food consumption was collected by an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Three dietary patterns were extracted by factor analysis combined...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of obesity and its association with socioeconomic status, little is known about this condition in Korean adolescents. We examined the relationship between obesity in Korean adolescents and several socioeconomic variables and compared the association of obesity with conventional and subjective indicators of socioeconomic status. METHODS The study comprised 60 ...

Global attention is now very much directed onto questions of war and military armaments. In a long run perspective on humankind in the 21st century, global warming raises an even more fundamental problem human survival. By heating planet through greenhouse gases, especially CO2 methane, rich countries risk their affluence poor will be worse.

We combine cell phone data on foot-traffic to a highly representative sample of almost 70,000 schools in the U.S. with information school learning modes estimate measure effective in-person (EIPL) during COVID-19 pandemic. then match various administrative records document differences EIPL over time, across regions, and by individual characteristics. find three main results. First, while droppe...

There is clearly a significant increase in awareness of the risks from food-borne diseases among consumers in western countries in the past decade. The concern about the quality and safety of food appears to be driven by increased affluence, new scientific discoveries, by more sophisticated measurements and analyses, by new information about linkages between diet and health, by new food technol...

The connection between poverty and lack of education seems entirely self-evident, yet real progress in overcoming the obstacles to education and economic affluence has eluded governments and social activists worldwide for decade. This document intends to interrogate how can further education and training enhance skills development initiatives in combating poverty in the South African situation....

Abstract Wellbeing declines during adolescence, for which the reasons are unclear. This analysis explored associations between wellbeing and multiple lifestyle, socioeconomic school-level factors in young people. Data were collected as part of School (WiSe) survey adolescent school children Northern Ireland at age 13–14 years ( N = 1618; 49% female) 15–16 1558; 50.5% female). was assessed using...

1997 continues China's long march toI + Enterprise bonds were issued by sevwards affluence. GDP growth was 8.7% in 1996, preceded by two years of 10% growth, and forecast to increase again in 1997. Patriarch Deng Xiaoping's death in early 1997 did little to stem the flow of bullish economic statistics. China's gross domestic product reached US$ 3.6 trillion at purchasing power parity1 or about ...