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Preventing Heart Disease in Teens

03 Sep 2024

Preventing Heart Disease In Teens: Why Tackling Obesity Early Is Key

Reducing the risk of heart disease and keeping a healthy weight are made possible by physical activity. Adolescents should exercise moderately to vigorously for at least 60 minutes per day.

07 Mar 2018

Parental pressure of dieting in teens linked to food, weight problems later

Families with a parent who was pressured to diet growing up were also more likely to tease one another about weight.

03 Dec 2017

Study claims excessive smartphone use may increase suicide risk in teens

The researchers discovered that 48 percent of teenagers who spent five or more hours per day on electronic devices reported a suicide-related behaviour.

17 Nov 2017

Study finds link between depression in fathers and adolescents for the first time

For the study, the team used data from two research involving 13,838 families.

26 Oct 2017

Limit smartphone usage to two hours a day to get good sleep, study tells teenagers

Delving further into the data, researchers learned that the more time young people reported spending online, the less sleep they got.

Maternal health

28 Sep 2017

India and Norway join hands to boost maternal, adolescent health

According to the Union Health Ministry, the cooperation between India and Norway will continue to be aligned with the development goals of India as outlined in its National Health Policy 2017 for achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.

Adolescent health

20 Feb 2017

Health Ministry launches 'Saathiya Kits' to improve adolescent health

Health Secretary CK Mishra launched the 'Saathiya Resource Kits' along with the 'Saathiya Salah' - a mobile app for adolescents - under the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) program.

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