Tag: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

  • Nation & World

    Study signals heart trouble for young adults

    Researchers find hypertension, diabetes, and obesity worsened across the board in study group of people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, with racial and ethnic disparities present.

    5 minutes
    Blood. pressure check.
  • Nation & World

    Inadequate hydration can lead to impaired cognitive, emotional function

    Drinking enough water is essential for physiological processes such as circulation, metabolism, temperature regulation, and waste removal. More than half of all children and adolescents in the United States are under-hydrated — probably because they’re not drinking enough water, according to the first national study of its kind from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hard on the ears

    Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have determined that hearing loss in adolescents has increased over the past 15 years.

    2 minutes