the boys initiative

April 30, 2012

News Clips

• Obesity-Linked Diabetes in Children Resists Treatment
  New York Times
  April 29, 2012
• Study Weighs Benefits of Organizing Recess
  Education Week
  April 29, 2012
• Special Report: How Washington went soft on childhood obesity
  Reuters
  April 27, 2012
• Why bullying hurts kids’ health
  philly.com
  April 27, 2012
• Lesbian Scout leader ousted; parents upset
  CBS News
  April 26, 2012
• American Teens: Live Fast, Die Hard
  ABC News
  April 26, 2012
• Keeling Pilaro, male field hockey player, banned for being too good at the sport
  Yahoo News
  April 26, 2012
• 20 years later, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day endures in smaller form
  Chicago Tribune
  April 26, 2012
• What tonsillectomies tell us about the future of health care
  Washington Post
  April 25, 2012
• Putting adolescents at the centre of health and development
  The Lancet
  April 25, 2012
• Exposure to violence in children harms DNA, study says
  Los Angeles Times
  April 25, 2012
• Risk of future emotional problems can be identified during well-child visits
  Medical Express
  April 25, 2012
• Texts prime parents to get kids a flu shot: study
  Reuters
  April 24, 2012
• Should Parents Be Allowed to Decline Vaccines? Vermont Debates
  Time
  April 23, 2012
• Obesity rates down for infants, toddlers
  boston.com
  April 23, 2012
• Ban stresses need for reproductive health care for young people
  UN News Centre
  April 23, 2012
• Re-understanding Violence as We Had to Re-Understand Plague...To Cure It
  Huffington Post
  April 19, 2012

Young people's health is not keeping pace
USA Today
April 5, 2012

• Study: Utah boys have highest life expectancy in nation
  Fox13
  April 3, 2012

Opinion

• Childhood Obesity Leads to Unnecessary Surgeries
  New York Times
  April25, 2012
• Overheard on CNN.com: Joining Boy Scouts? Be prepared for rules on sexuality, religion
  CNN.com
  April24, 2012

International News
CHINA

• Boys only class in Shanghai stirs debate
  China Daily
  April24, 2012

EGYPT

• Juvenile crimes rise after revolt in Egypt
  English, news.cn
  April 25, 2012

ENGLAND

• Baby boys to outlive girls as they get healthier: study
  todayonline.com
  April 23, 2012
• Sons get private school priority as 10,000 more are educated at institutions than girls
  Mail Online
  April 25, 2012

NEW ZEALAND

• Suicide and crashes drive NZ's youth death figures
  nzherald.co.nz
  April 26, 2012

SOUTH AFRICA

• Our boys deserve better
  iLIVE
  April 26, 2012

SWAZILAND

• Education ministry wants young men circumcised
  The Swazi Observer
  April 3, 2012