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Seminar Series: Prevalence and forecasts of adolescent overweight and obesity from 1990-2050: global trends, with a lens to the Asia-Pacific region

Synopsis: Adolescents remain a vulnerable population within the global obesity epidemic. Accurate data on obesity transitions are required to inform effective policy and programming for adolescent health. To effectively set global and national targets for adolescent obesity beyond the maturation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we leverage established methods from the Global Burden of … Continued

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2024 JAH Distinguished Dozen

Congratulations to Dr Patricia Cullen and her coauthors from the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health, and Professor Pete Azzopardi for the selection of their papers in the Journal of Adolescent Health’s “Distinguished Dozen” papers for 2024.

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Vale Professor Glenn Bowes

It is with a heavy heart that I share the sad news that Professor Glenn Bowes, the inaugural director of the Centre for Adolescent Health (1991-97), has died after a long illness.

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Youth Homelessness Matters

No child or adolescent should experience homelessness. Any child or adolescent who is at risk of or experiencing homelessness is one too many.

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Investing in Health-Promoting School Systems

Informed by the Global Standards for health-promoting schools – ‘How school systems can improve health and wellbeing’ topic briefs: Mental health, Substance use, WASH, Nutrition, Physical activity and Sexual reproductive health and gender

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Building Capacity for Health-Promoting Schools

Read about how the Centre for Adolescent Health developed and piloted a training program to build capacity for whole-school approaches to health and wellbeing in Secondary Schools.

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Global Leadership in Adolescent Health Scholarship

As part of launching the new Leadership Specialisation of the master’s program, the Centre for Adolescent Health is proud to announce a scholarship that will provide 50% of the fees for one professional to undertake the Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (Leadership Specialisation).

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