News articles tagged with 'boy'
Lack of motivation, equipment main barriers for exercise for boys
— 31 Mar 2011 16:03 | HealthA lack of equipment and venues - and a lack of motivation even if those were available - are the main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys, according to recently published…
HPV vaccine works for boys: Study shows first clear benefits
— 5 Feb 2011 14:03 | HealthThe vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) can prevent 90 percent of genital warts in men when offered before exposure to the four HPV strains covered by the vaccine, according to a…
Video games are good for girls - if parents play along
— 1 Feb 2011 20:51 | HealthDads who still haven't given up video games now have some justification to keep on playing - if they have a daughter…
Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life
— 22 Sep 2010 18:18 | HealthTaking part in sports is good all round for young teens: physically, socially, and mentally, according to a new study by Dr Keith Zullig and Rebecca White from West Virginia University…
Building language skills more critical for boys than girls
— 22 Sep 2010 18:09 | HealthDeveloping language skills appears to be more important for boys than girls in helping them to develop self-control and, ultimately, succeed in school, according to a study led by a…
Heavy drug-use among bad boys curbed by parental monitoring and peers
— 17 Aug 2010 15:22 | HealthAggressive and hyperactive boys with low parental monitoring are more likely to befriend deviant peers and become heavy drug users as teens, according to a new study published in the…
Study suggests boys and girls not as different as previously thought
— 17 Aug 2010 10:24 | HealthAlthough girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys, this difference vanishes by the time children reach the eighth grade, according to a new study by a Michigan…
Childhood obesity may contribute to later onset of puberty for boys
— 2 Feb 2010 12:07 | HealthIncreasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States may be contributing to a later onset of puberty in boys, say researchers at the University of Michigan Health…
School-based program helps prevent dating violence among teens, especially boys
— 4 Aug 2009 11:53 | HealthA school-based program that integrates information about healthy relationships into the existing ninth-grade curriculum appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom…
New study finds 'delinquent behaviour among boys contagious'
— 16 Jul 2009 16:55 | HealthImpulsive boys with inadequate supervision, poor families and deviant friends are more likely to commit criminal acts that land them in juvenile court, according to a new study published…