Tag: adolescents

Resilience, digital media, and parental participation in youth mental health

May 2, 2023
Resilience, digital media, and parental participation in youth mental health

According to Singapore’s first nationwide epidemiology study, the NUS Youth Epidemiology and Resilience (YEAR), resilience is defined as an individual’s skill and aptitude to prepare for, tolerate, adapt to, and progress in the face of adversities. The research focuses on […]

Continue Reading

Prevention and early detection of scoliosis in children and adolescents

July 29, 2022

Scoliosis: the hereditary spinal condition in which the spine curves to one side, taking after the shape of an “S” or “C,” is often misbelieved to be the result of bad posture, and, in children, caused by carrying heavy bags […]

Continue Reading

Infants have higher metabolism than adolescents or adults

August 17, 2021

New research related to metabolism and energy expenditure carried out by an international team of scientists have some surprising revelations: infants – not adolescents – have the highest metabolic rates across the entire lifespan; after the initial surge in infancy, […]

Continue Reading