Executive summary Unprecedented global forces are shaping the health and wellbeing of
the largest generation of 10 to 24 year olds in human history. Population mobility, global …

We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

Adolescents may especially need social and emotional help. They're learning how to handle
new demands in school and social life while dealing with new, intense emotions (both …

Background A wide range of interventions has been implemented and tested to prevent
obesity in children. Given parents' influence and control over children's energy-balance …

Objective: To discuss healthy diet from a psychological perspective by considering
definitions of healthy diet in terms of consumer understanding; the health effects of specific …

During the past decade, mentoring has proliferated as an intervention strategy for
addressing the needs that young people have for adult support and guidance throughout …

Until now, the literatures on the effects of food parenting practices and parents' own dietary
behavior on children's dietary behavior have largely been independent from one another …

Background Sedentary behaviour (sitting time) has becoming a very popular topic for
research and translation since early studies on TV viewing in children in the 1980s. The …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

The present study was a comprehensive, quantitative synthesis of the literature examining
the effects of physical activity on children's mental health outcomes. The final analysis …