teenagers

Plans to ban the sale of energy drinks to teenagers are ‘unscientific’ and ‘discriminatory’, report

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Government plans to ban the sale of energy drinks to children are ‘unscientific’ and ‘discriminatory’, a report claims.  Ministers have proposed making it illegal to sell the ultra-caffeinated products to under-18s amid fears they are damaging to health.  Campaigners say the ‘dangerous’ combination of high levels of caffeine and sugar help fuel obesity, bad behaviour … Read more

Sleep is vital for teenagers’ mental and physical development, experts tell parents

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Parents should set strict bedtimes for teenagers right up until the age of 18, sleep experts say. Getting enough sleep in the teenage years is vital for mental and physical development. Yet increasingly independent teens, equipped with smartphones and computer games, are staying up deep into the night in what experts call an ‘epidemic of … Read more

FDA approves osteoporosis shot that rebuilds bones at the same rate a teenager’s skeleton grows 

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A new osteoporosis drug that can re-grow older women’s bones as fast as a teenager’s develop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday.  An estimated half of women in the US will break a bone due to the devastating bone-loss disease that turns limbs brittle.  They are more at-risk than men … Read more