This week's health news includes two possible surprises and something most folks suspected but could not quantify.
Cyberbullying seems to increase the risk of having an eating disorder. And the impact is felt on both sides, the risk increased for both the bullies and the bullied, according to a newResearchers from the University of California San Francisco examined data from 10,258 youths who were about 12 years old in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Each adolescent filled out a questionnaire on whether they were ever cyberbullied or ever bullied others online.
"They also completed the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, which categorizes child and adolescent mental health concerns, including eating disorder symptoms," according to aJust under 10% of the adolescents had been bullied online, while slightly more than 1% had cyberbullied others. Those on the receiving end of the bullying had about twice the rate of concern related to weight, compared to the non-bullied.
The cyberbullies, however, had even higher rates of those concerns compared to adolescents who had not cyberbullied others. The exception was that cyberbullies and those who were not were about the same when it came to engaging in the inappropriate compensatory behaviors. "In particular, our study supports the use of strategies to teach early adolescents methods to navigate negative appearance-related online comments," the study said. "Furthermore, adolescents who have experienced cyberbullying could benefit from eating disorder prevention programs to minimize the risk of eating disorder development.
Some have less, say Virginia Tech food safety pros Melissa Wright and Lester Schonberger, who note that vinegar with less acidity "cannot be used in home food preservation," as a release from the school published on
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