Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

Poor diet quality impairs survival, growth, and development among children and
adolescents. Drawing on global data sources, we review for this Special Issue elements of …

Adolescent growth and social development shape the early development of offspring from
preconception through to the post-partum period through distinct processes in males and …

Urban life shapes the mental health of city dwellers, and although cities provide access to
health, education and economic gain, urban environments are often detrimental to mental …

The subject in this thesis is the application of authoritarian parenting of parents so that
adolescents have feelings of pressure and have high fear around parents, also causing …

Background The burden of malaria infection in sub-Saharan Africa among school-aged
children aged 5–15 years is underappreciated and represents an important source of …

India has the world's highest number of undernourished children and the largest school
feeding program, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme. As school feeding programs target …

Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods for mental and social development.
Currently, mental illness among young people is a global epidemic, and rates of disorders …

Purpose This article explores differences between the current health status of adolescents
and the targets set in Healthy China 2030 (HC2030). Methods Global and domestic policies …

Introduction International organisations have called to increase young people's involvement
in healthcare and health policy development. We currently lack effective methods for …