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Researchers discover gap by race, income between those interested in and those who participate in activity High school teens in California who volunteer, take part in community aid groups, and join school or other clubs are healthier and more likely to aspire to attending college, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 18, 2018
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Researchers discover gap by race, income between those interested in and those who participate in activity High school teens in California who volunteer, take part in community aid groups, and join school or other clubs are healthier and more likely to aspire to attending college, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 18, 2018
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Adolescents and teens who have positive role models and who participate in after-school clubs tend to be more physically active and are less likely to be overweight, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
July 29, 2015
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Adolescents and teens who have positive role models and who participate in after-school clubs tend to be more physically active and are less likely to be overweight, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
July 29, 2015
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Got lots of fast food restaurants and other outlets that sell junk food in your neighborhood? Then your teen is more likely to nosh regularly on burgers and fries and wash them down with a soda. That is the unpalatable finding of a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that examined the effect of higher concentrations of less healthy food outlets on adolescent junk food consumption.
July 27, 2011
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Got lots of fast food restaurants and other outlets that sell junk food in your neighborhood? Then your teen is more likely to nosh regularly on burgers and fries and wash them down with a soda. That is the unpalatable finding of a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that examined the effect of higher concentrations of less healthy food outlets on adolescent junk food consumption.
July 27, 2011
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Despite a state requirement that public middle and high school students get 400 minutes of physical education every 10 days, approximately 1.3 million teens — more than a third (38 percent) of all adolescents enrolled in California public schools — do not participate in any school-based physical education classes, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 31, 2011
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Despite a state requirement that public middle and high school students get 400 minutes of physical education every 10 days, approximately 1.3 million teens — more than a third (38 percent) of all adolescents enrolled in California public schools — do not participate in any school-based physical education classes, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 31, 2011
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Although recent research has shown that obesity rates are leveling off among children generally, a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that obesity prevalence significantly increased among lower-income California teens between 2001 and 2007.
September 30, 2010
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Although recent research has shown that obesity rates are leveling off among children generally, a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that obesity prevalence significantly increased among lower-income California teens between 2001 and 2007.
September 30, 2010
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Teens who bring a packed lunch to school eat less fast food and have healthier dietary habits, according to a new article in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
September 30, 2009
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Teens who bring a packed lunch to school eat less fast food and have healthier dietary habits, according to a new article in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
September 30, 2009
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December 10, 2008 - California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda. Fast food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise. The result: low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 10, 2008
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December 10, 2008 - California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda. Fast food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise. The result: low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 10, 2008