Since the adolescence is the age where bones are sprout and grow rapidly, well nourished food must be given to the adolescent to facilitate normal growth & development.
The nutritional intake must be monitored regularly and modified depending upon the growing needs.
Teenagers tend to develop eating disorders which affect their nutritional health.
The eating [...]
Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD starts from adolescence onwards.
OCD is feeling of strong obsessions and compulsions which result in intense discomfort and affects daily functioning.
Obsessions are thoughts which are persistent and recurrent.
They even include unwanted images and impulses which lead to distress and anxiety.
These feelings and thoughts are usually irrational or [...]
Diabetes is a rapidly growing, serious health problem among youngster today.
Above thirteen thousand adolescents are diagnosed for type 1 diabetes, every year in America.
There has also been an increase in the number of teenagers with type 2 diabetes, which was more common among adults above forty and who were overweight.
Clinics are reporting [...]
Normally, a spine when viewed from rear should appear straight but if the spine is lateral or curved or sideways or rotated then it is affected by scoliosis.
It gives an appearance as if the person has leaned to a side.
According to Scoliosis Research Society the definition of scoliosis is the curving of the [...]
Parts of adolescents body are filled with a waxy stuff identified as cholesterol.
It helps to produce vitamin D, cell membranes and certain hormones.
Blood cholesterol comes from two different sources, liver within the body and food.
The adolescents liver produces enough cholesterol to carry out proper functioning.
The blood acts as the carrier of [...]
Depression in adolescents is a disorder which occurs due to persistent sadness, loss of interest, loss of self worth and discouragement.
Depression is normally a temporary reaction towards situations of stress.
Depression is a normal part of the maturation process of adolescents.
It is even induced due to production of sex hormones.
Adolescent females are [...]
Adolescent pregnancy in ninety nine percent of the cases is unwanted and is the major consequence of adolescent sexual activity, other than STDs.
This issue has affected youth, families, educators, health care professionals, and government official.
A study on the high school adolescents has concluded that forty eight percent of the males and forty five [...]
Normally, a spine when viewed from rear should appear straight but if the spine is lateral or curved or sideways or rotated then it is affected by scoliosis.
It gives an appearance as if the person has leaned to a side.
According to Scoliosis Research Society the definition of scoliosis is the curving of the [...]
Diabetes is a rapidly growing, serious health problem among youngster today.
Above thirteen thousand adolescents are diagnosed for type 1 diabetes, every year in America.
There has also been an increase in the number of teenagers with type 2 diabetes, which was more common among adults above forty and who were overweight.
Clinics are reporting [...]
Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD starts from adolescence onwards.
OCD is feeling of strong obsessions and compulsions which result in intense discomfort and affects daily functioning.
Obsessions are thoughts which are persistent and recurrent.
They even include unwanted images and impulses which lead to distress and anxiety.
These feelings and thoughts are usually irrational or [...]
