The 10% of 6131 Portugese adolescents who did not supply height or weight data in a health and lifestyle questionaire had poorer health, self image and social networks than their peers.  Here.

In an analysis of 12,764 child/mother pairs in the US, maternal depression and exposure to violence were associated with the use of smacking as a means of punishment.  Here. more…

Leading Article:  Keen looks at newer approaches to the management of conduct disorder, following on from the Child in Mind project.  Here.

In a prospective study of 1411 young people aged 11 to 14, 22% developed abdominal pain at one year which persisted to 4 years, with previous somatic symptom reporting being a predictor. Here.