Index of youth articles

dependence on cell phones. Approximately 95% of all the nations in the world have a form of a mobile phone network. Youths…

, & Goldberg, D. S. (2014). Youth sports & public health: Framing risks of mild traumatic brain injury in American football and ice hockey. Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 323-333. Bachynski et al examine the social and cultural schemas which might affect the risk factors in adolescent competitors. These schemas, in conjuction with the adolescents developing body, place adolescents at an even greater risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI). In addition, the article notes current guidelines and…

a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for their age. Obesity is also more common with children who do not exercise regularly and it can cause different types of illnesses such as diabetes. Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged two to nineteen years are obese. In 2011-2012, 8.4% of…

dollar, why are cucumbers three at Walmart? “Eat Cheap. That was the fast food industry’s marketing cry last year. This year's pitch: Eat cheaper” Horovitz (p1). The article, “Fast-food fight: Prices // Cheap food gets cheaper: [FINAL Edition],” was written by, marketing and advertising reporter, Bruce Horovitz. For this particular article Horovitz reports the fast food industry's in their constant battle to “eat cheap” (Horovitz, 1995, p.1). Horovitz has done his research on many known fast…

Holden Caulfield is known to have distinctly different behavior from other teenagers, both in the time period of the book’s publication, the 1940’s, and the modern day. Some of his experiences from Catcher in the Rye, such as feeling like he’d rather jump through the window than live after Maurice punched him in the gut, introduce necessary psychological topics in order to have an understanding of Holden’s behavior. He has a very clear relationship with escapism, one in which he almost…

Article #1: “Body Norms and Fat Stigma in Global Perspective” Author Alexandra Brewis tackles the widespread view on weight and what people identify fat with. “Fatness and obesity are by contrast associated with ugliness, sexlessness, and undesirability but also with specifically moral failings, such as a lack of self-control, social irresponsibility, ineptitude, and laziness,” (Brewis). In this excerpt of the article, Brewis explains that the widespread view on Fatness and obesity and later on…

Development in New Zealand have written an article on The State of Research on the Effects of Physical Punishment. They say that Grogan-Kaylor performed a study in 2004 using data collected in 1998 by the United States National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, with 1,811 children in the sample. These children were mainly from low-income families. This study analyze relationship between corporal punishment and anti-social behavior. They used the Behavior Problems Index and questions about spanking.…

The Place Where You Never Grow Up Imagine traveling to a place that could sweep away the outside world, and instantly bring forth the feeling of nostalgia. Suppose you could walk into a whole new dimension , flooded with youth and merriment for people of all ages. All of this fantasy can be experienced at the Walt Disney World Resort. Though it may sound childish, Walt Disney World has been enjoyed by millions of people, adults and children alike for more than fifty years. With…

In an article written by Kozanoglu and Bavli (2009) the authors looked at lower back pain in different sports that showed lifetime prevalence of low back pain. According to the authors lower back pain was prevalent in 54% of wrestlers, 32% in tennis players, 37%…

Obesity can be defined as the state of being over one 's normal healthy weight. The National Institute of Health has defined obesity as being over the Body Mass Index of 30 (About NIH Obesity Research). The Center for Disease Control defines obesity as one 's weight being endangering to their health (Data and Statistics). However, the most terrifying fact about obesity is that one in three college students is considered to be overweight or obese (Sparling). In a peer reviewed popular Obesity…