Objectives: Offspring of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk for obesity and diabetes mellitus in later life. Fetal imprinting by intrauterine diabetic environment and early postnatal determinants affects the development of these chronic diseases in addition to socio-economic and genetic determinants. The purpose of this study was to identify the strongest predi...

In recent years the number of functional neuroimaging studies on adolescence has exploded. These studies have led to important new insights about the relation between functional brain development and behavior. However, special consideration is warranted when working with adolescents. In this review, we review variables, including pubertal stage, sleep patterns and pregnancy, which are particula...

Explanations of antisocial and criminal behaviour consider many individual, family and neighbourhood-level factors. Yet, in practice, research rarely models the inter-dependence of these factors on antisocial behaviour (ASB). This paper draws on the Mater University Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data. Utilising data from a prospective longitudinal st...

CONTEXT Little is known about the contribution of fetal alcohol exposure to the development of alcohol disorders in early adulthood. OBJECTIVE To examine the independent effect of maternal alcohol use during early vs late periods in pregnancy on the time of onset of alcohol disorders in offspring. DESIGN Follow-up study of the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy and Its Outcom...

abstract background: pregnancy rate among iranian adolescents below 20 years of age is increasing. pregnancy during adolescence is considered a social issue associated with medical, emotional, and social outcomes for the mother, child, and family. the current research examines the experience of pregnancy among iranian adolescents. materials and methods: the qualitative content analysis method w...

Girls who report first sexual intercourse during their early teen years have much higher rates of teenage pregnancy and childbearing than girls who delay sexual onset until older adolescence. In this study, we examine genetic and environmental influences on variation in teenage pregnancy and covariation with age at first sexual intercourse in two cohorts of Australian female twins. In the older...

Elevated levels of risky behavior in adolescence may signal developmental change in unconscious appraisal of risk. Yet, prior research examining adolescent risk judgment has used tasks that elicit conscious deliberation. The present study, in contrast, attempts to characterize age differences in (less conscious) intuitive impressions of risk. Participants (N = 282; ages 10-30) were presented wi...

conclusions the results showed that the prevalence of cigarette smoking in adolescents was high, and the theory of planned behavior (tpb) components were significant predictors of cigarette smoking. it seems that interventions targeting adolescents’ smoking habits might benefit using the tpb model. patients and methods this was a cross-sectional study involving male adolescent students (high sc...

Adolescent pregnancy has social, economic, and educational consequences and is also linked to adverse perinatal outcomes. However, studies show a positive relationship between pregnancy and increased social status among low-income adolescents. This study aims to assess the association between planned pregnancy and years of schooling among low-income Brazilian adolescents. This is a secondary an...

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of experimental alcohol intake and associated factors in early adolescence. The overall sample consisted of 4,452 adolescents (mean age = 11.3 years; SD = 0.3) from the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Experimental use of alcohol was reported by 17.5% of the interviewees (95%CI: 16.3-18.6), and 5% reported having...