Teen Boys Eat A Lot

Today's Shocking Study Finding is brought to us by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and funded by our friends at the National Institutes of Health.

Key Study Findings:

Males consumed more energy than did females across all pubertal stages

After adjustment for fat-free mass, fat mass, height, overweight status, race, and meal instruction, the main effect of sex ... remained significant, but the effect of puberty was not significant

Consistent with their higher energy requirements, males can consume significantly larger amounts of food than females, especially during later puberty.

So, there you have it ..... teen boys eat more than girls.

Source: Reuters Health; The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Violent Video Games Might Make Kids Agressive or Might Not

Today's Shocking Study Finding comes to us from the journal Review of General Psychology.

Key Findings:

Analysis of the model showed a "perfect storm" of traits for children who are most likely to become hostile after playing violent video games, according to Markey. Those traits are: high neuroticism (e.g., easily upset, angry, depressed, emotional, etc.), low agreeableness (e.g., little concern for others, indifferent to others feelings, cold, etc.) and low conscientiousness (e.g., break rules, don't keep promises, act without thinking, etc.).

The teenagers who were highly neurotic, less agreeable and less conscientious tended to be most adversely affected by violent video games, whereas participants who did not possess these personality characteristics were either unaffected or only slightly negatively affected by violent video games.

"Violent video games are like peanut butter," said Ferguson. "They are harmless for the vast majority of kids but are harmful to a small minority with pre-existing personality or mental health problems."

So .... depending on the kid, violent games can lead to aggression, or not.

Source: Physorg.com