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Food
10-07 Meat consumption and prospective weight change
10-07 Potential mechanisms for the hypothesized link between sunshine, vitamin D, and food allergy in children
10-07 Engaging children: Development of School Nutrition Action Groups in secondary schools and effect upon food choice - Amanda Squire, University of Wales Institute (from the School Food Trust)
10-07 Does chocolate reduce blood pressure?
10-06 Parents' perceptions of food availability: implications for childhood obesity
10-06 A family-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescents
10-06 Dietary quality and relationships with health indicators among early adolescents
10-06 Youth proxy efficacy for fruit and vegetable availability varies by gender and socio-economic status
10-06 Food for sport
10-06 Psychosocial factors influencing calcium intake and bone quality in middle school girls
10-05 Does reading a novel have the potential to improve BMI percentile and exercise- and nutrition-related knowledge and behaviors in girls?
10-05 As girls get older they drink less water - 73%(10/11 yr. olds) & 77%(15/16 yr. olds) report drinking (0-5 cups) less than 1 litre of water 'yesterday'
10-05 Effects of a U.S. residential summer weight-loss camp for older children and adolescents
10-05 Four out of five children don't eat enough fruits and vegetables
10-05 Artificial Sweeteners: A systematic review of metabolic effects in youth
10-05 Effectiveness of school-based interventions in Europe to promote healthy nutrition in children and adolescents
10-04 Meaning of food in childhood obesity: An exploratory study in a Chinese family context
10-04 Cognitive ability and self-control in relation to dietary habits, physical activity and bodyweight in adolescents
10-04 Eating habits, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption in adolescents attending school in the province of Buenos Aires
10-04 Factors influencing the food choices of Irish children and adolescents
10-04 Disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors in South Korean boys and girls: A school-based cross-sectional study
10-04 Health-related quality of life in overweight and obese youths
10-04 Children's perceptions of healthful eating and physical activity.
10-04 Connection between Russian schoolchildren being overweight and consumption of confectionary, fast food stuffs and soft drinks
10-04 Associations between parental limits, school vending machine purchases, and soft drink consumption among Kentucky Middle School students
10-03 Fish oil and mental health
10-03 A family-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescents
10-03 What makes a meal tasty?
10-03 Eat yourself gorgeous
10-02 Size zero is bad news for bones
10-02 Differences in school environment, school policy and actions regarding overweight prevention between Dutch schools
10-02 Prevalence and risk factors for obesity in Balearic Islands adolescents
10-02 New eating device retrains dietary habits and helps children lose weight
10-01 Is adolescent obesity associated with U.S. college degree attainment?
10-01 Pattern of intake of food additives associated with hyperactivity in Irish children and teenagers
10-01 Economic and other barriers to adopting recommendations to prevent childhood obesity: results of a focus group study with parents
10-01 Insufficient evidence to support separate BMI definitions for obesity in children and adolescents from south Asian ethnic groups in the UK
10-01 The tracking of dietary intakes of children and adolescents in Sweden over six years
10-01 Assessing the prevalence of underweight, and overweight/obesity among Palestinian school adolescents
09-12 Uncovering hidden eating disorders using the SCOFF questionnaire: cross-sectional survey of Finnish adolescents and comparison with nurse assessments
09-12 The impact of nutrition standards on competitive food offerings and purchasing behaviors of U.S. high school students
09-12 Book - Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life
09-12 School Food Trust Research Activities
09-12 Eating disturbances among adolescent schoolgirls In Jordan
09-11 Allergic status of schoolchildren with food allergy to eggs, milk or wheat in infancy
09-11 Eating beans ... that is a 'no-no' for our times': Young Cypriots' consumer meanings of 'healthy' and 'fast' food
09-11 Dosing up on food and physical activity: New Zealand children's ideas about 'health'
09-11 The chemistry of self-heating food products: An activity for classroom engagement
09-11 Gender differences in food preferences of school-aged children and adolescents.
09-11 The impact of nutrition standards on competitive food offerings and purchasing behaviors of U.S. high school students
09-10 Diet,exercise and weight control behaviors among adolescents in Xicheng district, Beijing
09-10 Adolescents' perceptions of healthy eating and communication about healthy eating
09-10 The decline of domestic cookery skills is a significant factor in the trend to buy processed materials and ready-prepared meals.'
09-10 The Mediterranean diet may help to prevent depression
09-10 The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT)
09-10 Participation in the U.S. national school lunch program
09-10 Teenagers' attitudes to diet and weight are shaped by their social class
09-09 Schoolday breakfast of Peperami and chocolate bars
09-09 Organic food compared with conventionally produced food
09-09 Breakfast cereals and salt content
09-09 Love food hate waste
09-09 Fatty liver from fizzy drinks?
09-09 Association between the food retail environment surrounding schools and overweight in Canadian youth
09-08 The British Egg Information Service website
09-08 'Appetite for Life'
09-08 Somerset school menus on Twitter
09-08 Breakfast consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: Parental presence, community context, and obesity
09-08 Poor knowledge of fruit and veg
09-08 Somerset school menus
09-08 TV Food advertising increases snacking and potential weight gain in children and adults
09-08 'Appetite for Life' in Wales
09-08 Mother employment status and nutritional patterns in Japanese junior high schoolchildren
09-08 The impact of lifestyles and food knowledge on the food patterns of German children
09-08 Almost half of Wigan's secondary school children are taking up school meals
09-07 Family structure, nonresident father involvement, and adolescent eating patterns
09-07 Sexual orientation disparities in purging and binge eating from early to late adolescence
09-07 St Aidan's High, Harrowgate, is the winner of the Best School Dinners Awards 2009
09-07 Take up of school lunches in England 2008-2009
09-07 Meal patterns and food consumption of adolescents in Palestine
09-07 School lunch and learning behaviour in secondary schools
09-06 Researchers contradict the conventional wisdom that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near supermarkets, which sell fresh fruit and vegetables as well as so-called junk food, lowers weight
09-06 Young adults do not drink enough milk
09-06 Organic food in Italian Schools
09-06 Whole carrots offer more cancer protection
09-06 Western diet linked to teen's poor mental health
09-05 'Morning oriented' pupils exhibit a healthier and more regular lifestyle
09-05 Snack service model for a comprehensive school
09-05 Schools are a suitable setting for the promotion of healthy lifestyles although more work, particularly focussed on dietary change, is needed
09-05 Communicating healthy eating to adolescents
09-05 Does school environment affect 11-year-olds' fruit and vegetable intake in Denmark?
09-05 Effects of providing a nutrition education program for teenagers: Dietary and physical activity patterns
09-05 Changes in BMI and blood pressure after a school based intervention
09-04 There is a large literature now that correlates, but does not prove that a culprit in the rise of teenage obesity may be fructose.'
09-04 Young adult vegetarians may eat a healthier diet but there is some evidence that they may be at increased risk for disordered eating behaviors
09-04 Teenage boys who eat fish at least once a week achieve higher intelligence scores
09-04 Children who skip breakfast are more likely to be overweight
09-02 Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet: England, February 2009
09-02 Food and the Family: Weighing the power of culinary nagging
09-02 Public Attitudes to Food Issues
09-02 Trends - Young people and food choices: Attitudes to healthy eating and weight control 1983-2007
09-02 The U.S. Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition Web site
09-01 Sam Stern - teenage chef
09-01 Dish it up', a CD for 11 to 12 year olds, shows how to make better food choices by taking young people through a virtual day of meals
09-01 Children bend rules to avoid healthy school food
08-12 Make school dinners really good this January
08-12 Girls have superior sense of taste to boys
08-12 Healthy school lunchtimes from 'Secondary Teachers'
08-12 Young people's food choices - Trends from 1983
08-11 The reduction or elimination of sugar-sweetened beverages from US school menus has little effect on total soda consumption by teenagers
08-11 Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease, and even help them completely overcome, their allergic reactions
08-11 Text messaging may help children fight off obesity
08-11 Brisk walk could help chocoholics stop snacking
08-10 Why a mother's high-fat diet contributes to obesity in her children
08-10 Reading can help obese children lose weight
08-10 School vending machines
08-10 Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread
08-10 The chocolate milkshake, obesity and more is less
08-10 TV adverts for foods high in fat, salt and sugar are still being shown during the programmes most watched by children
08-10 School that hands out iPods wins award
08-10 Don't ignore omega-3 for mood and behaviour, say UK experts
08-09 Let's Get cooking - In 2008 Let's Get Cooking received a
08-09 Licence to Cook - is a national programme designed to address the standards, skills and knowledge that support food education
08-09 Healthy lunchboxes in Northern Ireland
08-09 Free cookbook "Cooking with kids at home"
08-07 The Chewonthis website is designed for independent use by secondary school students aged 11-14 (Key Stage 3)
08-07 The third annual take-up survey of school meals
08-07 Eat well, be well - helping teenagers make healthier food choices including 'eat yourself gorgeous'
08-07 The Meatrix - An animated site from the US about ways in which factory farming affects us
08-06 Love chips - love this website
08-06 School lunches - A guide to introducing the Government's food-based and nutrient-based standards
08-06 The Million Meals campaign - Every pupil taking a school lunch is guaranteed, by law, a balanced, nutritious meal
08-06 Does diet influence Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
08-06 Dieting and being teased about their weight may trigger bulimic behaviour in US youth
08-05 The National Children's Nutrition Conference - Cardiff - 10 June 2008
08-05 Children's vitamin supplements
08-05 A study of US high school students provides additional evidence that eating disorders may be contagious
08-05 The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence project conclude thatsome 27% of young men and 20% of women aged 13-17 are either overweight or obese
08-05 Canadian children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets
08-04 New research reveals the scale of junk food temptation
08-04 Healthy weight, healthy lives: Guidance for local areas. In England a third of children are either overweight or obese, and without action this could rise to almost two-thirds of children by 2050.
08-03 Eating breakfast helps US teenagers lose weight
08-03 An average school child should eat less than half a teaspoon per day say the Irish Heart Foundation
08-03 Two-thirds of states in the US have no or weak school nutrition standards to limit junk food
08-03 Commonly held assumptions linking obesity in children to poor social conditions have been shattered by the results of a comprehensive Norfolk study
08-03 Tap water requires 300 times less energy than bottled water and does not create bottled packaging waste
08-03 Child-specific food insecurity and overweight are not associated in a US sample of 10-to15 year old low-income youth
08-02 Healthy eating options in Scottish schools
08-02 Teenage girls in the US who perceive themselves as being lower on the social ladder appear more likely to gain weight over the subsequent two years
08-02 Hungry for Success -- Further Food for Thought in Glenburn School in Greenock
08-02 Every young person in England will do compulsory practical cooking lessons for the first time ever
08-02 School Food Policy: on-going research
08-02 Family Meals and Disordered Eating in US Adolescents
08-01 Young people - eating less fresh fruit? - SHEUNews page 3
08-01 How to get back to real food
08-01 Children less exposed to junk food ads
07-12 Working mums and overweight kids: is there a link?
07-11 Recommendations to help schools reverse the decline in the number of pupils eating school meals.
07-11 Ethnic differences seen in extremely obese children
07-10 US overweight prevention programme may cut risk of eating disorders among girls.
07-09 Bad diets are the result of personal choice according to anew study.
07-09 Thousands of Scottish schoolchildren will receive accredited elementary food hygiene training with the help of Food Standards Agency Scotland funding.
07-09 The number of children achieving their 5 A DAY target has increased by 13% in 2 years according to a report by the Department of Health - This study was carried out in the North East region looking at 37 schools in the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
07-06 The New Zealand School Principals Federation is doubtful new government guidelines for school tuck shops will curb bad eating habits in children.
07-06 School Food - canteen makeovers key to children eating school food.
07-04 Tackling Obesity - The 'Healthy Living' Social Marketing Initiative: This report underpins the UK Govt. approach to tackling obesity and is integral to answering key questions
07-04 Scottish schools to reject sugary snacks: Sugary fizzy drinks, high fat crisps and chocolate will be replaced in school tuck shops and vending machines with fruit juice and healthy snacks as part of new nutritional regulations.
07-04 Australian schoolchildren who drink fruit juices and fruit drinks are more likely to be overweight or obese than those who don't.
07-04 Getting US children to eat more fruit may be as simple as getting cafeteria workers to use a simple verbal prompt in the lunch queue -
07-04 Australian research links overweight girls with adult-onset asthma
07-04 Guidance for parents on preparing healthy packed lunches and legislation to make all schools health promoting - building on existing work to make school meals healthier.
07-02 'Let's get cooking' aims to have 4000 cooking clubs in operation in the UK by the end of 2008.
07-02 The amount of New Zealand school children who are going hungry every day could number in the tens of thousands The following links are to video clips..
01-05 The Peterborough Schools Nutrition Project: a multiple intervention programme drama to improve school-based eating in secondary schools
Education, Food
08-11 Do school based food and nutrition policies improve diet and reduce obesity?
08-06 Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity
08-03 School-Based Obesity Interventions: A Literature Review
06-12 School‐Based Obesity Prevention: Research, Challenges, and Recommendations
05-08 School‐based interventions for childhood and adolescent obesity
05-03 The Impact of a School-Based Obesity Prevention Trial on Disordered Weight-Control Behaviors in Early Adolescent Girls
03-05 New moves: a school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls
99-04 Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth
99-03 School-based approaches for preventing and treating obesity.
Drugs
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23-12 Delivering substance use prevention interventions for adolescents in educational settings: A scoping review
23-11 Adolescents' Cannabis Knowledge and Risk Perception: A Systematic Review
23-11 A latent class analysis of change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing in England during the decline in youth alcohol consumption: A repeat cross-sectional study
23-11 Prevalence and correlates of substance use among school-going adolescents (11-18years) in eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries
23-11 Contextual effects of community capacity as a predictor for adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use: A multi-level analysis
23-09 The Impact of the Good Behavior Game on Risk for Drug Use Disorder in an Agent-Based Model of Southern Sweden
23-09 The association of adolescents' smoking with the physical activity levels of their friends
23-09 Prevention Versus Pseudo-prevention: a Systematic Review of School Drug Prevention and its Indexing in Best Practice Portals
23-09 The associations of parental smoking, quitting and habitus with teenager e-cigarette, smoking, alcohol and other drug use in GUI Cohort ’98
23-09 Alcohol Intake and Academic Performance and Dropout in High School: A Prospective Cohort Study in 65,233 Adolescents
23-09 Interventions for Preventing E-Cigarette Use Among Children and Youth: A Systematic Review
23-09 Substance use and adolescent injuries: a multi-country analysis of the association and mediating effect of interpersonal violence among 122,945 in-school paediatric populations in 29 countries
23-09 The effects of an active breaks intervention on physical and cognitive performance: results from the I-MOVE study
23-08 Under pressure: The paradox of autonomy and social norms in drug education
23-08 An Urgent Need for School-Based Diversion Programs for Adolescent Substance Use: A Statewide Survey of School Personnel
23-08 School and Parental Factors Associated with Adolescent Lifetime E-Cigarette Use
23-08 Multi-Level Protective Factors of Adolescent Smoking and Drinking

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