Reading can help obese children lose weight

Why a mother's high-fat diet contributes to obesity in her children

Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread

TV adverts for foods high in fat, salt and sugar are still being shown during the programmes most watched by children

School vending machines

Don’t ignore omega-3 for mood and behaviour, say UK experts

The chocolate milkshake, obesity and more is less

School that hands out iPods wins award

Free cookbook for all Year 7 pupils

Let's Get cooking - In 2008 Let’s Get Cooking received a £20 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Well Being programme, to set up a national network of 5,000 cooking clubs for children, parents and the wider community

Healthy lunchboxes in Northern Ireland

Licence to Cook - is a national programme designed to address the standards, skills and knowledge that support food education, ensuring that teachers and related professionals are confident in their subject knowledge and skills, and that schools are equipped to deliver a sustainable programme

The Chewonthis website is designed for independent use by secondary school students aged 11-14 (Key Stage 3)

The third annual take-up survey of school meals

Eat well, be well - helping teenagers make healthier food choices including 'eat yourself gorgeous'

The Meatrix - An animated site from the US about ways in which factory farming affects us

Love chips - love this website

School lunches - A guide to introducing the Government's food-based and nutrient-based standards

Does diet influence Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

The Million Meals campaign - Every pupil taking a school lunch is guaranteed, by law, a balanced, nutritious meal

Dieting and being teased about their weight may trigger bulimic behaviour in US youth

The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence project conclude that some 27% of young men and 20% of women aged 13-17 are either overweight or obese

Children's vitamin supplements

The National Children's Nutrition Conference - Cardiff - 10 June 2008

A study of US high school students provides additional evidence that eating disorders may be contagious

Canadian children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets

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.

New research reveals the scale of junk food temptation

Child-specific food insecurity and overweight are not associated in a US sample of 10-to15 year old low-income youth

An average school child should eat less than half a teaspoon per day say the Irish Heart Foundation

Commonly held assumptions linking obesity in children to poor social conditions have been shattered by the results of a comprehensive Norfolk study

Eating breakfast helps US teenagers lose weight

Tap water requires 300 times less energy than bottled water and does not create bottled packaging waste

Two-thirds of states in the US have no or weak school nutrition standards to limit junk food

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

School Food Policy: on-going research

Healthy eating options in Scottish schools
and...the report - Hungry for Success – Further Food for Thought in Glenburn School in Greenock

Every young person in England will do compulsory practical cooking lessons for the first time ever

Family Meals and Disordered Eating in US Adolescents

How to get back to real food
and...
Children less exposed to junk food ads

Young people - eating less fresh fruit? - SHEUNews page 3

Recommendations to help schools reverse the decline in the number of pupils eating school meals.
Ofsted report, Food in schools: encouraging healthier eating, found that the number of pupils eating school meals had fallen in 19 of 27 schools surveyed.

Ethnic differences seen in extremely obese children
Nearly 11% of Pacific Island children in New Zealand are likely to be extremely obese.

US overweight prevention programme may cut risk of eating disorders among girls.
The 5-2-1-Go! programme (eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, limit screen time to no more than 2 hours a day, and get at least 1 hour of physical activity daily) was developed by Harvard School of Public Health researchers.

Thousands of Scottish schoolchildren will receive accredited elementary food hygiene training with the help of Food Standards Agency Scotland funding.

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

Bad diets are the result of personal choice according to a new study.

School Food - canteen makeovers key to children eating school food.

The New Zealand School Principals Federation is doubtful new government guidelines for school tuck shops will curb bad eating habits in children.

Australian research links overweight girls with adult-onset asthma

NZ high school has banned traditional Girl Guide biscuits because they are too sugary.

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

Australian schoolchildren who drink fruit juices and fruit drinks are more likely to be overweight or obese than those who don’t.

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 - Original paper

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.

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.

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..(one) ...(two)

'Let's get cooking' aims to have 4000 cooking clubs in operation in the UK by the end of 2008.

Not enough sleep could make children overweight

Parent's, and their children's, attitudes towards drugs and alcohol

American kids most medicated

Genes may determine which smoking cessation treatment works best

The Amazing Dr Sober - Teenagers from across Greater Manchester have taken part in a film project exploring the issues around alcohol misuse and young people.

The new and improved Version 3.5 Drug Box - placebo drug awareness training resources

In the US, 49% of youths aged 12 to 17 reported in 2007 that it would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" for them to obtain marijuana if they wanted some. 91% of youths aged 12 to 17 reported that their parents would strongly disapprove of their trying marijuana. The rate of marijuana use among youths aged 12 to 17 in 2007 was 7%.

A mother's beliefs may impact on their childrens' alcohol use

In the US, past month and binge drinking rates among underage people (aged 12 to 20) have remained essentially unchanged since 2002.

Ten key facts that teachers need to know about cannabis

Blueprint drug education - research programme update

Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking among young people in England 2007

Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite of Passage or Russian Roulette? US report prompted by the alarming increases in the potency of marijuana, teenage emergency department mentions, treatment admissions and clinical diagnoses of marijuana abuse and dependence

Advising young people about drugs and alcohol - Practice nurses are in a good position to help recognize and address the problems

Steering your kids away from drugs

A US study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teenagers not to become smokers

A supermarket has told cashiers not to supply alcohol if they suspect an adult is buying the drink for an underage youth.

In the US, teenage marijuana use can worsen depression

UK-style Dutch school drug prevention programme helps prevent regular drinking

East Sussex Youth Cabinet launches smoking campaign

New Canadian research dispels myth that cigarettes make teenage girls thinner

Risky drinking in North West school children and its consequences: A study of fifteen and sixteen year olds

Preventing the uptake of smoking by children: consultation on the draft guidance

Cough and cold medicines misused by millions of US teenagers and young adults

The support needs of families in Australia who have, as a family member, a young person who is misusing substances.

Parenting mechanisms in links between parents’ and adolescents’ alcohol use behaviors

"...very soon after that first cigarette, adolescents can experience a loss of autonomy over tobacco"

Cigarette reduction: An intervention for adolescent smokers.

Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000-2007. The findings suggest that the estimate of a doubling of deaths from smoking might be an underestimate because of the increase in smoking among young girls compared with adult females, the high susceptibility of smoking among never smokers, high levels of exposure to secondhand smoke, and tobacco indirect advertising.

Cannabis: young people's reaction to re-classification

Preventing Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Young People: Adaptation and Testing of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14

21 years of 14-15 year olds drinking

School Effects on Young People's Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies

21 years of 14 year olds drinking Trends from SHEU

Drug use down among US teenagers

Young smokers - do they want to give up? - SHEUNews page 3

More US teenagers on precription drugs
The percentage of US adolescents taking prescription drugs for chronic diseases has increased over the past five years.

Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be "catastrophically misconceived"
"Adverts that show drunken incidents...are often seen by young people as being a typical story of a ‘fun’ night out, rather than as a cautionary tale."

Blueprint Drug Education Research Programme - Delivery and Practitioner Reports
Blueprint is the Government's research programme designed to test the effectiveness of a multi-component approach to school-based drug education.

"African American children suffer from higher rates of tobacco-related disorders, such as asthma..."

Predictors of risky alcohol consumption in schoolchildren and their implications for preventing alcohol-related harm

Doping prevalence among French preadolescent athletes: a 4-year follow-up

Fewer children in Scotland are smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a new report
Read the report (pdf file)

Plans to prosecute parents, who give alcohol to under-15s even with a meal at home, would not work

Learn from the failures of drug education and change the emphasis to prevention.

School-based interventions on alcohol - consultation on the evidence

Teenage drinkers face alcohol test in US school

Australian 15-year-olds drink more than their US counterparts

Why the majority of adolescents overestimate peer smoking rate.

More US schools to adopt random pupil drug-testing programmes?

There is little strong evidence that school-based programmes are effective in the long term in preventing uptake of smoking.

Alaska students and sex education

Sex and relationships education for 6-7 year olds - from the fpa

Sex education (contains explicit images) for five year olds in China - from a chinese blog

Taking sex education to school in the US

The Scout Association has launched new guidance to promote good sexual health amongst young people

Classroom sex education doesn’t meet teenage needs

Accuracy, efficacy, and ethics of abstinence-only programs questioned by US Public Health Experts

The D&Wp Safer Sex Box - Designed to make educational training as easy as possible

In the US, abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity

Teenagers’ failure to use condoms linked to partner disapproval, fear of less sexual pleasure

Sex Education Forum investigates on-site sexual health services in schools and pupil referral units

Sex education : The sex factor

"It’s not what you think: Sexually exploited youth in British Columbia"

Are Muslim students allowed to sit in Sex Education lessons?

The Church of England's view on the guidance given to schools on sex and relationships education

Teenage mothers coping in Ireland

A Review of Sex and Relationships Education in Scottish Secondary Schools

Seven per cent of young people in Liverpool have been bullied about their sexuality.

Some sex education websites for young people... likeitis... Avert... R U THINKING ABOUT IT? ... Brook ... TheSite ... Teenage Health Freak

"...boys are motivated more by love and a desire to form real relationships with the girls they date"

Sex education and falling rates of unintended pregnancy
and...
Sex education and contraception do not reduce abortion rates

Stopping teenagers getting pregnant - Teens and Toddlers programme

US study finds 1 in 4 teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease

Teenage Mums - new website

Local birth control service knowledge: 1993-2006 - SHEUNews page 1

Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Perspectives from Parents of School-Age Youth in the US

A new US study found that the sexual behaviour of teenagers is linked to whether or not they have had formal school sex education
and...Journal abstract

Sex education in Florida schools varies widely, not available to all students

Local birth control service? Trends from SHEU

Condom advertising on TV
"A survey...shows that most young people (91%) were unaware that guidance exists prohibiting showing unwrapped condoms on television and many (90 per cent) thought that this was wrong. 81% felt that allowing condoms and condom use to be shown in advertisements and programmes would encourage young people who were sexually active to use condoms."
From page 30, "Why Sexual Health is a Cross Governmental Issue" 2006/7 Annual report from the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health & HIV.

How to put a condom on a banana

Sexuality education in Kenya: The challenges faced by teachers in a rural primary school in Kenya.
Teachers emerged as disorientated and embarrassed in conversations about sexuality issues with the pupils -" young people, aged 15-24, now account for 25% of those living with the virus globally." "Because AIDS takes 6-10 years to manifest... it is while they are at school that most people become infected".

Effective sex education?
This US study examined whether exposure to formal sex education is associated with three sexual behaviors: ever had sexual intercourse, age at first episode of sexual intercourse, and use of birth control at first intercourse.

Sex and Relationship Education - Are you getting it?
UK Youth Parliament are asking for support to make PSHE a statutory subject.

US teenagers ignore the 'don't have sex' campaign - abstinence-only education cost $1bn
see also
http://www.avert.org/abstinence.htm

Organisers of the London Olympics in 2012 and a sponsorship deal with Cadbury

A number of PE teachers do not appear to be effectively promoting health and physical activity in secondary schools, according to a Loughborough university study

Essential resources for physical education and school sport

School sport survey

High levels of physical activity can help to counteract a gene that normally causes people to gain weight

The more an athlete sweats, the lower the risk of exercise-induced asthma

Why your children may not be exercising as much as you think

Students pedal their way to a free 'Bikers Breakfast'

Dance Links: Training and networking for dance in and out of schools - Autumn courses

Being a female referee in the world of junior football...

Cycle-route - for those looking for a new cycle route, bike ride, or single track

Girls football takes off in North Northumberland

Girls in the US are participating in organised sports in record numbers but participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity outside of organized sports is declining, especially as they move from childhood into adolescence

The FA has agreed to extend the Mixed Football experiment for another season.

In the US, high levels of physical activity from ages 12 to 22 contribute most strongly to the lower breast cancer risk

"Fit for girls" - A new drive in Scotland to get teenage girls involved in physical activity

In the US, gymnastics has one of the highest injury rates of all girls' sports.

Bike to school week May 5th-9th ... One website ... Another website ... Another website

Study Links Daily Fast-Food Consumption, No Exercise to Liver Damage

Three-year research project hopes to identify the reasons that many 11 to 15-year-old girls avoid sports.

Parents of overweight children often do not see their child as overly heavy and the children can have poor diet and exercise habits.

Physical Education and active play help teenagers maintain normal weight as adults

New NICE public health guidance on creating environments to encourage physical activity

Do you have to pay for a sporting chance? State schools are playing less sport, independents, more.

Fit to Succeed survey demo - if you were a young person you would try it out and get an assessment of how fit to succeed you are.

Low fitness levels are a strong predictor for cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex

The European youth heart study Independent associations of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with metabolic risk factors in children

Physical activity and sedentary behaviors among Finnish youth

Only 2.5 per cent of 11 year olds in the South West are taking enough exercise
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (also known as Children of the 90s) is a unique ongoing research project based in the University of Bristol. It enrolled 14,000 mothers during pregnancy in 1991-2 and has followed most of the children and parents in minute detail ever since.

Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials
Some evidence was found for potentially effective strategies to increase children's levels of physical activity. For adolescents, multicomponent interventions and interventions that included both school and family or community involvement have the potential to make important differences to levels of physical activity and should be promoted.

Children's freedom to play out with their friends is being curtailed by adult anxiety about the modern world

Football Association to consider extending mixed football for the 11 to 14-year-old age group

Leicester pupils 'not exercising enough' - study involves 3,500 pupils from white and south Asian backgrounds at five secondary schools in Leicester

Sports Colleges - do they make a positive contribution to the health and well being of their students?

Parents could need permits to drive their children to school under a proposal to curb obesity.

80% of Norfolk's pupils are being offered at least two hours of sport every week - ahead of the national target of 75%.

Among New Zealand secondary school-aged students the total number of passenger trips to school has doubled since 1989/90, while the number of cycling journeys has reduced from 28 million per year in 1989/90 to around 5 million per year. The number of walking journeys has remained fairly constant.

Dance and Health: The first scientific evidence proving creative dance improves children’s physical and psychological fitness.

Crown green bowling for Bolton pupils to help increase their grades.

A video game that improves children's health: Konami's 'Dance Dance Revolution' provides health benefits to children of West Virginia

Simply restricting 10-15 year olds television viewing may not be effective in increasing their physical activity. Television may be related to overweight through its effects on dietary intake; television advertising may promote consumption of unhealthful foods and people tend to snack while watching television.

UK National Skipping Day, Friday 23rd March 2007 - Skipping: the latest cure for Britain's obese children
and
http://www.skipping-workshops.co.uk/

Scientists warn of health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players

Probiotics for treating eczema - There is not enough evidence to recommend using probiotics for the treatment of eczema

Young people surrounded by overweight peers or parents are more likely to be oblivious to their own extra pounds than kids from thin peers or parents

National positive thinking trial aims to prevent childhood depression

Children who are maltreated tend to have a lot of re-exposure to family violence, and this re-exposure often leads to increased psychological problems.

Social anxiety: the elephant in your classroom?

Mental health problems: supporting school staff

What's so special about school nurses? find out in October 2008 at the School and Public Health Nursing Conference

The cupboard project - To improve the health and well being of young people in South Leeds

'A Generation Under Stress?' - Pressure to grow up too fast takes toll on girls’ mental health

Keeping Safe: Nurses supporting young people’s mental health

Adolescent Health Project - aims to improve the care young people receive from the health service

How to improve services to effectively meet the educational, health and social-care needs of children and young people at risk of, and experiencing, mental-health problems.

Inequalities in young people’s health - WHO report on the health behaviour of school-aged children in Europe and the US

Common mental health problems: Supporting school staff by taking positive action

Young people's mental health in schools in Gloucester, USA

How to cope with a 16-year-old's stress

Mental health promotion and illness prevention in Australian school settings

Schools in England could be made to keep records of pupils' drug use and obesity under plans being considered.

In the aftermath of teenage suicide: A qualitative study of the psychosocial consequences for the surviving family members.

Swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities can dramatically reduce rates of skin, ear and chest infections.

US teenagers and self image - happy and contented?

Young Australians need access to health services

Survey in Wales looks at levels of fitness, fatness, activity, diet, cholesterol, as well as early indicators of diabetes or heart disease in school children

Asthma attacks became less common in Canadian children

Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes
and...
Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? No

Dealing with conflict, anger and aggression (over 12s) Edinburgh workshops that explore strategies for communicating effectively with young people who display challenging behaviour

Schools are having to provide moral guidance to pupils which should be given by their parents at home

Better support for emotional wellbeing in schools – 25 Pilot areas

Teachers in the US play critical role in adolescent health promotion efforts

Under 16 year olds Health Survey for England: Trends 1993-2006

Healthy School Student News from SHEU - for your students, on your website
You could have this useful information as a link on your website - and - it is also available as an RSS email feed.

Migraines and:- young people in Japan

:- young people in the US

:- young people in the UK
Around puberty changes in hormones mean that more girls start to get headaches than boys.

Healthy School Student News from SHEU - for your students, on your website
You could have this useful information on your website - and - it is also available as an RSS email feed

Trends in health attitudes and self-perceptions among school-age South Australians between 1985 and 2004
In Australia, among boys and girls between 1985 and 2004, there were significant declines in the perceived importance of regularly visiting the dentist and doctor, but improved attitudes to being a non-smoker. Among boys, the perceived importance of sleep and diet declined between surveys.

India's National Family Health Survey: the country's first-ever comprehensive picture of health and well-being.
Among the findings...Most men and women in India believe that information on HIV/AIDS should be part of the school curriculum. About 80% of men think boys and girls should learn about HIV/AIDS, compared with 63% of women. However, almost two-thirds of married women don’t know that condoms prevent HIV

Here in the www.youthhealthtalk.org updated web site, young people with chronic conditions from a wide range of different backgrounds describe in detail what challenges they face and how they deal with them in their day to day lives.

Why do so many young people in the European Region of the World Health Organization suffer from mental health problems?
Much can be done to improve and promote mental health, reduce the risk of mental disorders and improve social inclusion.

Suicide trends among US young people aged 10--24 Years, 1990--2004
During 1990--2003, the combined suicide rate for persons aged 10--24 years declined 28.5%, from 9.48 to 6.78 per 100,000 persons. However, from 2003 to 2004, the rate increased by 8.0%, from 6.78 to 7.32 per 100,000.
The suicide rate in the UK among 15-24 year olds in 2004 was 11.9 per 100,000 in young men, and 3.6 per 100,000 in young women. Overall the suicide rate had fallen from the peak in 1998 of 18.1 per 100,000 in young men, and 4.5 per 100,000 in young women

A study of Scottish schoolchildren found...
Around 90% of Scottish boys sampled said they had high life satisfaction at the ages of 11, 13 and 15. Among Scottish girls sampled, the number reporting high satisfaction dropped from 88% at 11 to 77% at 15.

Children's charity Barnardo's is to start work to improve pupils' mental health and home life in several of the first wave of trust schools.

Young people's experience of violence leads to health and safety concerns: New data show that one in five New Zealand secondary school students do not feel safe at school, and many are exposed to violence in their home and school lives which may lead to serious health problems.

According to a Dutch study....Using the Internet and mobile phone text messaging services can help teenagers improve their asthma control.

51% of the 14-15 year old females reported in 'Young People into 2007' took painkillers on at least one day during the previous week. Assuming they all cannot be suffering from period pains during the week before the survey it is worth noting that 30% of the 14-15 year old males also report taking painkillers.

Young People and mental health: The number of prescriptions written for children under 16 for depression and mental health disorders has quadrupled in a decade, but at the same time, figures suggest the rate of mental health problems in the young has not changed markedly.

Choosing What’s Best for You: What scientists have found helps children and young people who are sad, worried or troubled (2007) A booklet that explains the latest research in this area to children and families to help them make treatment choices.

81st American School Health Association Conference 2007 Honolulu, Hawaii
and the...
Canadian School Health Association Conference 2007 Vancouver

With hottest year on record predicted, ignorance risks children's lives on UK's coast.

Internet-administered adolescent health promotion in The Netherlands.

Health behaviour and academic achievement in Icelandic school children.

World's largest household longitudinal study launches

Cyberbullying is common among teenagers who are frequent internet users, with 72 percent of respondents reporting at least one incident during the past year.

England to 'Lead the World' in compouter access for young people

Parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or obsessive passion for their favorite hobby.

Study finds link between a mother's stress and her child becoming overweight

Children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't

Young people in Sunderland do not have the time to volunteer according to a small survey

Orange RockCorps, a US scheme launched in the UK this month which seeks to reward community spirit

Carrying a knife. It’s not a game - The Met's new anti-knife campaign

New research challenges government plans to clamp down on knife crime

The Norton Online Living Report gives a snapshot of how different cultures and different countries approach the Internet

Young people's health related behaviour - example reports from East Sussex

US Youth Trends - Tween & Teen Lifestyle Report: teens and preteens media consumption increasing

US health research - The feasibility of using cell phones equipped with global positioning systems to track where 14- to 16-year-old girls spend their time

Canadian teenagers spend average 30 hours TV and computer use per week

'Safer children in a digital world' : The report of the Byron Review

RNID has asked students from British universities to design earplugs for young people who love music, following the charity's own research finding that 90 per cent of young people have experienced the first signs of hearing damage after a night out.

Viewing professional wrestling on television and engaging in violent and other health risk behaviors.

Children in non-fiction television programmes - an independent report

Social norms and SHEU surveys

Young People into 2007 (wire bound edition now only £10 incl. p&p) - A unique contemporary archive of young people has over 100 health-related behaviour questions and answers from 68,495 youngsters between the ages of 10 and 15. They tell us about what they do at home, at school, and with their friends. The data have been collected from 787 primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom.

No need to panic over children's risky behaviour
Bob Reitemeier is Chief Executive of The Children's Society.

Do online adverts affect young people?
Assessing commercial activity on children’s favourite websites and online environments
and...link to pdf report, 'fair game?'

In the US, Disney is rolling out 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Buzz Lightyear' branded fragrances targeting boys ages 4-11 in Latin communities.
http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003615156
http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2007/07/disney-readies-.html

"The home is such an important feature of young people's health careers."
"We have seen this year some interesting if not surprising differences between the health behaviours of young people from different ethnic groups."
Young People into 2007

LIFESTYLE 

Most boys and many girls play violent video games Children report playing in groups and that games help them manage emotions. A new American study dispels some myths and uncovers some surprises about young teens and violent video and computer games.

'Going for walks' is a popular activity for 10-15 year old females (up to 38% of 14-15 year old females) as reported in 'Young People into 2007' - a unique contemporary archive of information from 68,495 youngsters.
Receive this report for £12 instead of £45 by emailing David McGeorge

Young People into 2007 - nearly 70,000 young people tell us about their health related behaviour.

Young people turn to the virtual world for real life experiences: Young people can experience huge benefits from participating in multiplayer online role playing games. In the virtual world, young people can benefit from opportunities they wouldnt get in real life.

The Peace Foundation Network Schools Programmes

School bus services - East Riding of Yorkshire Council saves money by using Ordnance Survey

Groups of young people in Hull, Brighton, Middlesbrough and Manchester, have been trained to be young people's champions.

The ‘Teenage Girl Cycle Fashion Project'

Young People into 2007 - nearly 70,000 young people tell us about their health related behaviour

Scouting can still inspire millions around the world
and
http://www.scouts.org.uk

Young Chinese cyclists told to turn off phones and MP3 players

Parents' genes, not parents' arguing, may cause children's conduct problems

A lifestyle intervention programme in the US increased bone mineral density over two years in a group of lean 14 to 16 year-old girls who were not building up their bones as much as they should at their age.

Changing trends in sex specific prevalence rates for childhood asthma, eczema, and hay fever

30 years young....1977-2007 - SHEU's website contains unique information about young people's health related behaviour.

Why teenagers do stupid things: They think more than adults do about risks and benefits, but then opt for the benefits.

Learning outside the classroom: how far should you go?

Young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds encouraged to pursue a career in medicine

Mentoring and the Children's Society

Young people with learning difficulties who attend mainstream schools and colleges need to feel safer and more secure between lessons

6th Annual Report of the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study

New school desks are learning environments using interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone

Mobile phones help secondary pupils

Children from troubled families significantly decrease their peers’ reading and math test scores and significantly increase misbehavior of others in the classroom.

Balancing PSHE & Citizenship - Powerpoint from the PSHE Conference

Schools' Role in Promoting Pupil Well-being - Draft Guidance for Consultation

Youth gambling education and prevention: does it work?

PSHE at Dorothy Stringer School

The key issues that concern young people in Nepal

Areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks

In the US, Dr Leonard Sax talks about his new book " Boys Adrift: What's Really Behind the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys."

Ugandan schoolgirls dreams of education held back by poverty, pregnancy and lack of privacy

Sex and Drugs and Rock and... Health is a new website dedicated to using social marketing and edutainment (entertainment/education) to tackle health inequalities and promote health services

Schools as the gateway to stronger communities: Schools in England to promote community cohesion

Olympic Stadium school study announced: a review to explore the possibility of establishing a school at the Olympic stadium site after the 2012 Games.

Ready to Learn? The Experiment is a major piece of education research designed to investigate the impact of factors such as diet, sleep, and exercise on children's readiness to learn.

SRE: 'Are you getting it?' campaign - the latest national news from the Youth Parliament

PSHE Resources

Stay-at-home Dads: what happens when traditional child-rearing roles are reversed
Fathers, Childcare and Children’s Readiness to Learn: Elizabeth Washbrook.

Ofsted's outstanding providers listed since 1993/94
Each year since 1993/94 HMCI has identified providers that have shown outstanding performance in inspections during the year.

Behaviour 4 Learning
Resources to improve the management of classroom behaviour, enable achievement and foster the emotional wellbeing of learners.

The Road Ahead: A Guidebook for Parents of Young Teens
24 page pdf from the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia, Canada.

'You just don't understand'
'Parenting across Scotland' has produced a DVD of a drama written and performed by the pupils of Drumchapel High School Glasgow.
The DVD highlights the concerns of the young people and the difficulties they face communicating effectively with their parents.

How judging a book by its ‘girlie’ cover is putting boys off r