School Health News

Unhealthy food and beverage marketing may increase dietary preferences that lead to energy-dense, low-nutrition products in young children shortly after exposure, according to results of a recent systematic review.

E-cigarettes may be recruiting a new group of adolescent users who likely would not have used combustible tobacco products in the absence of e-cigarettes, according to recent research in Pediatrics.

Rule or coaching changes to reduce head impact in player-to-player contact should be implemented to prevent greater head impact magnitude in high school football, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

A recent report from the American Lung Association noted several barriers to asthma care in U.S. schools, including the inability of students to self-carry an asthma inhaler, availability of back-up medication and lack of access to a school nurse during the school day.

Recent findings published in Pediatrics suggested that 11th and 12th graders who used e-cigarettes were six times more likely to try cigarettes compared with those who never used the devices.

Recent research in the British Dental Journal found that the majority of children unnecessarily consumed sports drinks with more than half consuming the beverages regularly.

In a reversal of its recommendation last year, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to approve an update for the 2016-2017 season stating that the live attenuated influenza vaccine, offered as a nasal spray, should not be used in any setting.

The AMA during its annual meeting in Chicago adopted a new policy aimed at protecting the public from further exposure to lead in drinking water, and its associated adverse physical and mental health effects, according to a press release.

The AAP recently released a policy statement calling for a minimum of one full-time registered school nurse in every school across the United States.

Recent findings published in the American Journal of Public Health showed that students experienced greater academic dysfunction 1 week after concussion compared with students who experienced extremity injuries. However, 1 month after injury, there was no difference between the groups.