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A study(opens in new tab/window) in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ( JAACAP )(opens in new tab/window), published by Elsevier, found that physical activity (PA) interventions are effective in reducing psychological symptoms across diverse populations of children and adolescents, including those with various clinical conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cancer, depression, and obesity. The researchers conducted an...

Weight loss after bariatric surgery didn't appear to provide mental health benefits in adolescents with severe obesity, found a large long-term Swedish observational study.

New data show more than 1 in 10 young people have a mental health disorder, raising concern about the potential lifelong impact of anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric disorders.

Objective: Children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing contributes to poor diets by influencing the foods that children like, request, buy and consume. This study aimed to use confirmatory mediational analyses to test a hypothetical model of marketing effects, to better understand the mechanisms behind food marketing’s impacts on children. Design: Children responded to a cross-sectional online survey about their attitudes towards, and purchase and consumption behaviours of, ten frequentl...

Dupilumab monotherapy was an effective and safe systemic treatment for patients with moderate to severe hand and foot atopic dermatitis.

In adolescents with type 1 diabetes, protein consumption before exercise shortened the duration of hypoglycemic episodes during physical activity but not after it.

TikTok, once celebrated for its entertaining content, is now under fire for its impact on adolescent mental health.

Youth with overweight or obesity may benefit from mental health screening and lifestyle intervention programs, report researchers who found patterns of mental health comorbidity.

Retailers are making power-packed versions of THC oils, gummies and even sodas that doctors say they are now finding are highly addictive and causing actual brain damage in teenagers and young adults.

A new study challenged the policy of some opioid addiction treatment programs that require patients to abstain from cannabis before therapy can begin.