Articles: adolescent.
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Over the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA has resulted in a significant health and economic burden. Understanding current trends and future trajectories at both national and state levels is crucial for assessing the success of existing interventions and informing future health policy changes. We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity from 1990 to 2021 with forecasts to 2050 for children and adolescents (aged 5-24 years) and adults (aged ≥25 years) at the national level. Additionally, we derived state-specific estimates and projections for older adolescents (aged 15-24 years) and adults for all 50 states and Washington, DC. ⋯ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Opioid prescription policies may reduce availability of prescription opioids and decrease initiation of opioid analgesic misuse and possible opioid use disorder. Opioid use disorder prevalence may have decreased in recent years, but there are few studies on trends of opioid use disorder incidence. The objective of this study was to examine opioid use disorder incidence rates to detect population changes overall and within demographic subgroups over time. ⋯ This study found that the opioid use disorder incidence rate in Vermont decreased overall between July 2017 (policy start limiting opioid analgesic prescriptions) and December 2021, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the most pronounced decrease among adolescents and young adults.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Dec 2024
Risk Factors for Multiple Suicide Attempts in Adolescents From 10 Years Suicide Repository.
While there are many studies on adolescents' suicide attempts in the western countries, studies on adolescent suicide in South Korea are relatively scarce. We compared demographical and clinical variables between the first and multiple suicide attempters and examined potential risk factors predicting multiple suicide attempts. ⋯ The present study suggests that multiple suicide attempters tend to have more severe clinical profiles than the first suicide attempters. Intervention for depression and self-mutilation behavior of suicide attempters may be important in preventing multiple suicide attempts of adolescents.