Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust is launching the Teenpower Violence Prevention Toolkit to celebrate Youth Week. This innovative new resource, developed with funding from the Ministry of Social Development, is complimentary to the aims of Youth Week: to create a society that values young people and affirms their diversity.
Girls who are overweight are more prone to acne during adolescence says a new survey undertaken in Oslo, Norway. Around 3,600 boys and girls aged 18 and 19 took part in the survey that took into account factors such as weight, diet, pimples and lifestyle.
Six Hamilton schoolgirls from Fairfield College were taken to hospital after taking ecstasy pills at school yesterday.
A study published in the Lancet has found that 8 per cent of teenagers harm themselves by cutting, burning or other methods. The study suggests that while self-harm is common in the teenage years, it usually ceases by late adolescence without any intervention.
A study has found that teens who spend lots of time playing video games have different links to the brain's reward system.
Teens who have a fibre-rich diet that includes vegetables and whole grains are less likely to get diabetes and heart disease.
Overweight teens have a higher chance of dying from heart disease later on in life, but if they shed pounds as adults then the risk disappears.
Kidsline, a counselling service for kids, has reported that 12 per cent of calls to Kidsline from those under 14 relate to anxiety and stress.
According to a study published in the Nature journal, the IQ of teenagers can change.
A US study has found that obesity in teenage girls has more of an impact on blood pressure than for teenage boys.
