Brisk walk could help chocoholics stop snacking

Text messaging may help children fight off obesity

The reduction or elimination of sugar-sweetened beverages from US school menus has little effect on total soda consumption by teenagers

Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease, and even help them completely overcome, their allergic reactions

Genes influence susceptibility to alcohol

Children living with adult smokers appear less likely to have daily access to enough healthy food

Research finds that marijuana use takes toll on adolescent brain function

Effective Drug Education Survey ­ Findings from the Drug Education Forum

Alcohol advice needs to play a greater role in sex education for teenagers

US adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programmes that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows

Sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust is offering a series of free training sessions for professionals working with young people across England and Wales

The characteristics of the outdoor school environment associated with physical activity

Exergaming is a term used for video games that also provide exercise

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The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds

Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28% in the seven year period from 1997-2003

Living near parks and forests improves people's health regardless of their social class

Helping children face their fears may be more productive than focusing on other techniques to help them manage their anxieties

Adult crime linked to childhood anxiety

Obese teenagers face higher metabolic syndrome risk in South America than Europe

The more friends we have, the happier we are

Why parents are born and not made - based on the study of the burying beetle

Nearly a fifth of Scottish school children have a recognised learning difficulty

Learn about the dramatic effects of blood, organ, bone marrow and tissue donation and how they, too, can become lifesavers by choosing to donate

10 years on, US High-school social skills predict better earnings than test scores

Family problems affect African-American children more than other races

Kooth. com the pioneering advice and support service for 11-25 year olds, received one of the the Local Government IT Excellence Awards 2008

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