Chilean youth and social exclusion

Includes bibliography

The political radicalization of working-class youth in Peru

Includes bibliography

Youth and unemployment in Montevideo

Includes bibliography

Youth in the English-speaking Caribbean: the high cost of dependent development

Includes bibliography

Thinking about youth

Includes bibliography

Working-class youth and anomy

Includes bibliography

Youth as a social movement in Latin America

Examina las principales orientaciones de los movimientos sociales juveniles en la historia latinoamericana de este siglo.

University youth as social protagonist in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Plan de acción regional para América Latina y el Caribe en relación con el año internacional de la juventud = Regional plan of action for Latin America and the Caribbean for the international youth year

Analiza los problemas que enfrenta la juventud latinoamericana y del Caribe y presenta propuestas para una estrategia regional para alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo relacionados con ella.

Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11-15 years

Background: Sex and individual differences in biological maturity status can influence height, weight, and body fat. Thus, the rigorous control of these variables seems necessary for estimating overweight and obesity in adolescents. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and over-fatness in Azorean adolescents and to examine the contributions of chronological age, sex, estimated maturity status, and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) to the risk of overweight and obesity and over-fatness. Methods. The sample comprised 1,206 youth aged 11-15 years (626 boys and 580 girls) from the Azores Islands, Portugal. Body mass, stature, and skinfolds (triceps and subscapular) were measured. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and percent fat was predicted from skinfolds. Age- and sex-specific IOTF cut-off values of the BMI defined nutritional status. Biological maturation was estimated as present height expressed as a percentage of predicted adult (mature) stature. The CRF was analyzed from the 20-m shuttle run test. Results: The total prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were of 31% and 27%, respectively. Low CRF (unfit) and being average and advanced in maturity status were positively and significantly associated with overweight/obesity and with risk of being over-fatness in both sexes. Conclusions: High prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were identified in Azorean youth, and low CRF and advanced biological maturation were positively associated with overweight/obesity and over-fatness in our sample of adolescents. © 2013 Coelho-e-Silva et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Youth, population and development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Youth, population and development in Latin America and the Caribbean: summary and conclusions

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