Adverse childhood experiences, such as physical or sexual abuse, parental divorce, socioeconomic hardship, neglect or bullying, may increase the risk of obesity in children, according to new ...

A recent study looked at the long-term effects of childhood bullying in later life. Using a longitudinal database that studied children from ages 9 through adulthood, it was determined that bullying ...

Childhood bullying may lead to long-lasting health consequences, impacting psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular health well into adulthood, according to a study published in Psychological ...

With all of the negative effects of bullying, why isn’t there more being done to stop it? (Granted, there are state and federal laws that offer some help to those being bullied, and most school ...

A large number of studies have shown that participating in team sports can be beneficial to female adolescent development. For example, competency and skill development in the particular sport can be ...

Mean girls: These two words perfectly described my fourth period speech class. Class culture I had worked so hard to create was crushed overnight with the addition of three female transfer students.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. “I think in the early high school years I just tried to stay in the background, I was ...