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Inadequate Nightly Sleep Linked to Overweight Children

1/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) Sleep is a dynamic process in which the body is actively recharging and the immune system is at its peak. Sleep is essential for good physical and mental health for adults and children alike. Recent findings from the University of Auckland...

All Jacked Up: The Explosive Junk Food Documentary the Food Companies Hope You Never See

1/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) Back in early 2007, I was invited to participate in a pioneering new documentary that dared to explore the harmful effects of processed foods and soft drinks on teenagers. I flew to Los Angeles, spent two hours being interviewed on camera,...

Omaha Shooter Robert Hawkins Had Been "Treated" For ADHD, Depression

12/6/2007 - (NaturalNews) America seems shocked that, yet again, a young male would pick up an assault rifle and murder his fellow citizens, then take his own life. This is what happened last night in Omaha, Nebraska, where the 19-year-old Hawkins killed himself...

Junk Food Ads, Fast Food Increasing Teen Obesity

10/9/2007 - (NaturalNews) Many of the television commercials seen by teenagers are for junk food products. According to research released this week by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, this may be a major reason obesity rates continue to rise among 12-17...

Prescription pill abuse among teenagers on the rise

2/28/2007 - (NaturalNews) Forget the Mary Jane; all the cool kids are getting high right out of mom and dad's medicine cabinet – much to the alarm of teen drug abuse watchdogs. A new report released Wednesday showed that today's teens are shying away from illegal...

Childhood lead exposure linked to increased injuries as teens (press release)

11/20/2006 - Teenagers who experienced high blood-lead levels during childhood appear to suffer more accidental injuries than those who had lower lead exposure, according to new research conducted by University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health experts. The...

Anti-smoking ads cleverly boost smoking among teens

11/6/2006 - (NaturalNews) Tobacco industry-funded anti-smoking ads aimed at discouraging teen smoking actually caused teens to smoke more, according to a new report by Australian researchers published in the American Journal of Public Health. Phillip Morris' "Talk:...

Children and teens taking antidepressants might be more likely to attempt, complete suicide (press release)

10/5/2006 - Antidepressant medications may be associated with suicide attempts and death in severely depressed children and adolescents but not in adults, according to an article in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The...

Link proven between sugar consumption and hyperactivity, mental disorders in teens

9/29/2006 - (NaturalNews) New Norwegian research published in the American Journal of Public Health has found that teens in Norway who drank the highest amounts of sugary sodas experienced higher rates of mental disorders such as hyperactivity and distress. Researchers...

Weight lifting can help overweight teens reduce risk of diabetes (press release)

9/25/2006 - Teens at risk of developing diabetes can prevent or delay its onset through strength training exercise, a University of Southern California study has found. Research led by Michael Goran, PhD, professor of preventive medicine in the Keck School of...

Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surge 250 percent over 7 year period (press release)

8/25/2006 - Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teenagers skyrocketed 250 percent between 1994 and 2001, rising particularly sharply after 1999, when the federal government allowed direct-to-consumer advertising and looser promotion of off-label use of prescription...

TeenScreen - Normal Kids Labeled Mentally Ill

8/23/2006 - Despite years of public outcry, based on recommendations by President Bush's New Freedom Commission to screen all school children for mental illness, TeenScreen is now being administered in the nation's public school system and children are being regularly...

Reducing Teens’ Intake of Sugary Drinks: Intervention Leads to Weight Loss (press release)

8/10/2006 - Children’s intake of sugar-sweetened drinks – sodas, sports drinks, “juice drinks,” iced teas, lemonades and punches – has surged in recent decades, in step with the rise in childhood obesity. Now, in the March issue of Pediatrics, researchers from Children’s...

Number of children and teens treated with antipsychotics increases sharply (press release)

7/21/2006 - A steadily increasing number of patients younger than age 20 received prescriptions for antipsychotic medications between 1993 and 2002, according to a report published in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....

Low levels of vitamin D in teens may affect lung function (press release)

7/1/2006 - Teenagers who consume low amounts of vitamin D have lower lung function than teens who get the recommended amount of the nutrient, according to a study to be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on May 22nd. ...

Interview with Jennifer Mattox, founder of Faerie Films and director of school nutrition documentary "Vending Machine"

7/18/2005 - Jessica: I'm talking with Jennifer Mattox, founder of Faerie Films and director of the upcoming documentary, "Vending Machine." Can you tell me a little bit about Faerie Films and why you launched the company? Mattox: Faerie Films was created because...

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