For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children: Children Under 18 Years, 2011, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children: Children Under 6 Years, 2011 or Basic Facts About Low-income Children: Children Aged 6 through 11 Years, 2011, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children: […]
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Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. Introduction Across the U.S., large numbers of young children are affected by one or more risk factors that have been linked to academic failure and poor health. Chief among them is family economic hardship, which is consistently associated with negative outcomes in these two domains. […]
For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 6, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]
For comparable information about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 6and Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Aged 6 through 11, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: […]
For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Aged 6 through 11, or about adolescent children, see Basic […]
For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 18, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 6 or Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Aged 6 through 11, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: […]
For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: Children Under Age 6 or Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010: […]
Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre-frontal cortex – the section of the brain responsible for executive function and complex reasoning – not fully developing until the mid-twenties. 1Because adolescents’ brains are not fully matured, their decision-making and […]
Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. Adolescence is an important period of physical, social, psychological, and cognitive growth. No longer children and not yet adults, adolescents make significant choices about their health and develop attitudes and health behaviors that continue into adulthood. Substance use disorders among adolescents can impede the attainment of […]
Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. Adolescent obesity in the United States has many important implications for both the health and well-being of the individual and society. Specific negative impacts of obesity on health include increased susceptibility to a host of diseases, chronic health disorders, psychological disorders, and premature death, which in […]