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America's youth : selected briefs from the National Center for Health Statistics / Jeannette Walker, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Public health in the 21st century series.
- Public Health in the 21st Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Health and hygiene--United States--Statistics.
- Youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Novinka, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Selected briefs from the National Center for Health Statistics were combined and are included in this book which presents national estimates of TV watching and computer use outside of the school day and its effects on America's youth. It then continues to present the most recent national data on the percentage of youth who had adequate levels of cardiorespiratory fitness; the percentage of youth aged 2 19 years who consumed fruits and vegetables on a given day in 2009 2010, using data from one 24-hour dietary recall interview; nationally representative data on injury-related ED visits by children and adolescents aged 18 years and under in the United States during 2009 2010; the sociodemographic characteristics of children aged 6 17 years prescribed medication or taking medication during the past 6 months for emotional or behavioral difficulties, and describes parental reports of the perceived benefit of this medication; the most recent national data from 2012 on self-reported physical activity among youth aged 12 15 years, by sex and weight status; the first nationally representative data on core, upper body, and lower body measures of muscle strength among U.S. children and adolescents aged 6 15 years by sex and age group; describes the estimate of any psychotropic medication use in the past month among U.S. noninstitutionalized adolescents aged 12 19 during 2005 2010, using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data; and presents recent trends in the prevalence of allergies and differences by selected sociodemographic characteristics for children under age 18 years.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63321-889-9
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