BACKGROUND Adolescence is a period of significant physical, emotional and intellectual changes, as well as changes in social roles, relations and expectations. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to inquire into eating attitudes among female adolescents. SUBJECTS AND METHOD The sample consisted of female adolescents, age of 16-17, attending first grade Economic and Medical Secondary School pupils i...

OBJECTIVE To define US national sex specific rates of smoking initiation among Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and African American adolescents aged 12-17 years for each calendar year from 1940 through 1992. METHODS Adult survey data from the tobacco use supplement of the Current Population Survey in 1992-93 and 1995-96 were used to reconstruct the age at which individuals began to smoke and th...

PURPOSE The reproductive health needs of unmarried adolescents in Bangladesh are largely unmet. This study aimed to explore treatment-seeking behaviour of unmarried female adolescents for selected reproductive health (RH) concerns in two low-performing areas of Bangladesh. METHODS As part of a large community based-project, a cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 2006 to March 20...

Endometrial cancer is the third most common gynecologic cancer in the Korea and occurs mainly in menopausal women. Although it can develop in young premenopausal women cancer as well, an attack in the adolescent girl is very rare. A 13-year-old girl visited gynecology department with the complaint of abnormal uterine bleeding. An endometrial biopsy revealed FIGO (International Federation of Gyn...

Background: Despite clear reasons for necessity of sexual health education for adolescents, it is a contested issue and has faced challenges in most cultures. Adolescents, specially females in Iran have so many unmet needs in sexual health issues, yet appropriateness of sexual health education to them is controversy. This study aimed to examine female adolescents attitudes to sexual health educ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of perceived stress among female adolescent in Nawabshah City, Pakistan. METHODS This study was a sub-analysis of a parent research. Analytical cross-sectional design was used to achieve the study objectives. The study population comprised of school-going female adolescents aged 10-16 years resident of Naw...

There is a lack of studies that analyze the association between micronutrient-related biomarker status and physical fitness in adolescents. In the present study, biochemical parameters for iron and vitamin status were studied, along with objective measures of physical fitness in healthy male and female European adolescents. One thousand eighty-nine adolescents (580 girls, 12.5-17.5 yr) from the...

60 There is a lack of studies that analyse the association between micronutrient-related 61 biomarker status and physical fitness in adolescents. In the present study, biochemical 62 parameters for iron and vitamin status were studied along with objective measures of 63 physical fitness in healthy male and female European adolescents. 1089 adolescents (580 64 girls, 12.5-17.5 years) from the HE...

BACKGROUND While the majority of research in Bangladesh has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, less is known about the correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, particularly community-level characteristics that may increase their risk of experiencing violence. METHODS We used multilevel logistic regression analysis to assess the variability i...

60 There is a lack of studies that analyse the association between micronutrient-related 61 biomarker status and physical fitness in adolescents. In the present study, biochemical 62 parameters for iron and vitamin status were studied along with objective measures of 63 physical fitness in healthy male and female European adolescents. 1089 adolescents (580 64 girls, 12.5-17.5 years) from the HE...