OBJECTIVE To examine the factors associated with the persistence of childhood gender dysphoria (GD), and to assess the feelings of GD, body image, and sexual orientation in adolescence. METHOD The sample consisted of 127 adolescents (79 boys, 48 girls), who were referred for GD in childhood (<12 years of age) and followed up in adolescence. We examined childhood differences among persisters a...

BACKGROUND Non-invasive screening investigations are rarely used for assessing the activation and progression of the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis through puberty. This study aimed to establish a normal range for urinary gonadotrophins in children progressing through puberty. METHODS Urine samples were collected from 161 healthy school children (76 boys, 85 girls) aged 4-19 yrs. Height ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the cumulative prevalence of child sexual abuse in a representative sample of the adolescent population of Geneva. DESIGN Cross sectional survey with an anonymous self administered questionnaire centred on a factual description of sexual activities. SETTING 68 classes (17 schools) randomly selected from the 201 ninth grade classes of the public school system in Geneva. ...

interventions in the writing self-efficacy calibration of students with learning disabilities (LD). 121 5th and 6th Primary grade students with LD (43 girls and 78 boys), ranging in age from 10 to 12 years old were randomly allocated either to one of the experimental intervention groups, (n = 48, 19 girls and 29 boys), and followed a intervention program based on the Self-Regulated Strategy Dev...

The study examined the secular trends in growth of preschool children from rural Maharashtra, India, during 1985-2001. Anthropometric data collected on preschool (< 6 years old) children during 2001 (n = 1,171) and 1985 (n = 979) from the same villages were compared. Decadal change increased with age and was marginally higher in boys than girls. It was the lowest among infants (-0.1 to 0.1 kg a...

The purposes of the study were to assess sprinting and agility performance characteristics and to determine the relationship between these two motor skills in elementary education students. Sprinting and agility performance were assessed in 176 children (88 boys and 88 girls) divided into three groups: Group 1 (G1, N = 98; 48 boys and 50 girls), from the first year of elementary education; Grou...

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∗Équipe PTIDEJ– GEODES Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal CP 6128 succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada {mohanaou, foutsekh, guehene}@iro.umontreal.ca ∗∗ Équipe Adam – INRIA Futurs Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – LIFL UMR CNRS 8022 Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France {Laurence.Duchien, Anne-Fr...

Aims To study the 1-year outcome and to analyse predictors of outcome of a cohort of adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN) or restrictive eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOSr) treated as out-patients in a family-based programme at a specialized eating disorder service. To calculate the incidence of anorexia nervosa among treatment-seeking girls younger than 18 in Uppsala Count...

Introduction. Proper nutrition is crucial for maintaining good health and provides the basis proper growth development of children adolescents. Insufficient physical activity inadequate are among leading causes mortality morbidity. Aim. The aim this research paper was to examine nutritional habits preschool children. Methods. study conducted in April 2018 included a survey kindergarten their pa...