Jim Liebelt's Youth Culture Watch

What's Hot? 09/16/22

Trending Today on Twitter - 9/16/22
1. Wordle 454 X
2. #fridaymorning
3. #MarthasVineyard
4. #FridayKiss
5. ufotable
6. SCARAMOUCHE
7. #MoonaHoshinova3D
8. #EST Gee
9. #FursuitFriday
10. #FlashbackFriday
Source: Twitter

Trending Today on Google - 9/16/22
1. Thursday Night Football
2. Roger Federer
3. Blake Lively
4. Sheriff vs Manchester United
5. Mexican Independence Day
6. The Woman King
7. Figma
8. Hispanic Heritage Month
9. Modern Warfare 2
10. Nick Cannon
Source: Google

Top Five on Apple Music - 9/16/22
1. Me Porto Bonito - Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone
2. Selfish - PnB Rock
3. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
4. WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems) - Future
5. Jimmy Cooks (feat 21 Savage) - Drake
Source: Apple Music

Top Box Office Movies - Weekend of 9/9/22
1. Barbarian
2. Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
3. Bullet Train
4. Top Gun: Maverick
5. The Invitation
Source: Showtimes.com

TV Shows Trending on Streaming Services - 9/16/22
1. Cobra Kai - Netflix
2. Rick and Morty - Prime Video
3. Abbott Elementary - HBO Max
4. The White Lotus - HBO Max
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Prime Video
Source: Reelgood

Trending Today on YouTube - 9/16/22
1. BLACKPINK - 'Shut Down'
2. Apex Legends Beast of Prey Collection Event
3. NCT 127
4. New 2024 Ford Mustange GT: Full Tour
5. Nintendo Direct vs Sony Direct
Source: YouTube

Netflix Top 5 TV Shows in the U.S. Today - 9/16/22
1. Cobra Kai
2. Sins of Our Mother
3. In the Dark
4. The Imperfects
5. Devil in Ohio
Source: FlixPatrol

One App Is Especially Bad for Teens' Sleep

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay.

Many teens look at screens at bedtime, but some apps are more likely to keep them awake than others, leading to sleep problems.

That's the upshot of a new study in which researchers found YouTube fans experienced consistent and negative effects on sleep. Surprisingly, traditional TV was associated with earlier bedtimes.

"We've been seeing teenagers who have sleep problems in our clinic," said co-author Michael Gradisar, head of sleep science at Sleep Cycle in Adelaide, Australia. "A lot of them have tried refraining from using technology, and clearly that hasn't worked for them. Many of them mentioned that they would watch YouTube as they try to fall asleep. They find it entertaining without it being overly stimulating."

While many studies have been done on devices, little research has looked at the effects of specific apps on sleep, he said.

"We wanted to learn if there were specific apps that people should avoid, so that they could continue using their devices in a healthy way that didn't affect sleep," Gradisar said.

For the study, the researchers asked more than 700 12- to 18-year-olds how much time they spent using technology. That included mobile phones, gaming consoles, and TV, as well as apps before going to bed and in bed before falling sleeping.

While the study looked at the streaming service Netflix as well as YouTube, YouTube was the only app consistently and negatively related to sleep outcomes, researchers said.

For every 15 minutes teens spent watching YouTube, they had a 24% greater chance of getting fewer than seven hours of shuteye. Watching YouTube and using gaming consoles were both associated with greater odds of getting insufficient sleep.

Contrary to the classic advice to keep the TV out of the bedroom, traditional TV was associated with earlier bedtimes.

Gradisar said that might be because teens don't interact with a TV in the same way they do with a phone. Instead, they just sit back and watch.

The findings appear in the December issue of the journal Sleep Medicine.

Source: HealthDay
https://consumer.healthday.com/9-14-one-app-is-especially-bad-for-teens-sleep-2658165578.html

Getting Kids Walking, Biking to School Can Lead to Long-Term Fitness

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay.

Kids who walk, skateboard, or ride their bikes to school when they are young are more likely to keep it up as they get older, reaping the health benefits, recent research suggests.

"The walk to school is a wonderful moment in the day that provides children a glimpse of living an active lifestyle," said study co-author David Tulloch, a professor of landscape architecture at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey. "When people start walking early, it can have a lasting impact on their health."

About 11% of kids in the United States walk or ride their bikes to or from school, according to the National Household Travel Survey. This rate hasn't changed in a decade.

In the study, the researchers found that kids are much more likely to continue "active commuting" (traveling by foot, bike, or even skateboard) if they are taught to do it when they are young.

To see if active commuting stays the same over time, the researchers asked parents and caregivers about their kids' school travel habits twice — two to four years apart — between 2009 and 2017. The families lived in Camden, New Brunswick, Newark, and Trenton, which are mostly low-income cities in New Jersey.

The investigators found that more than 75% of kids who did active commuting at the study's start still did it two to four years later. And few who hadn't done it before started active commuting when researchers followed up.

Those who biked, walked, or skateboarded to school at the outset were seven times more likely to do so two to four years later, the study found.

The findings were published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports.

Source: HealthDay
https://consumer.healthday.com/b-9-8-getting-kids-walking-biking-to-school-can-lead-to-fitness-long-term-2658151999.html

Youth Engaged in Digital Self-Harm 9 to 15 Times More Likely to Attempt Suicide

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by EurekAlert!

Digital self-harm is defined as the online posting, sending, or sharing of hurtful content about oneself anonymously. Since research is clear that traditional forms of self-harm (cutting, burning, hitting oneself) are linked to suicidal ideation and attempts, it stands to reason that youth who post cruel, embarrassing, or threatening content about themselves (while their peers assume a third-party is the culprit) do so for similar dysphoric or abnormal reasons.

A new study by Florida Atlantic University, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Florida International University, is the first to empirically demonstrate an association between digital self-harm and suicidality. Findings serve as a warning sign that youth who engage in digital self-harm may also be engaging in or at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

In the United States, suicide is the second leading cause of death among 10 to 19-year-olds, eclipsed only by unintentional deaths such as from an auto accident.

Results of the study, published in the journal Child and Adolescent Mental Health, showed that approximately 9 percent of adolescents reported that they had anonymously posted something online about themselves that was mean, while about 5 percent said they had anonymously cyberbullied themselves. With regard to suicidality, about 8 percent of adolescents reported that they had thought seriously about attempting suicide in the past year, while 5.3 percent said they had attempted suicide during that time period.

Most pertinent is the finding that those engaged in digital self-harm were between five and seven times more likely to have considered suicide and between nine and 15 times more likely to have attempted to end their life.

Source: EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/963212

Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay.

Parents who smoke should know that their kids are more likely to vape and try smoking.

Those teens were 55% more likely to try e-cigarettes than those of nonsmoking parents and 51% more likely to have tried traditional cigarettes, according to a large study out of Ireland.

It also found that the percentage who have tried vaping is rising dramatically. Boys are still more likely than girls to do so, but the number of girls who have smoked is growing.

"These findings are worrying, not just for teenagers in Ireland, but for families all around the world," said Dr. Jonathan Grigg, head of the Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

"We know already that children of parents who smoke are more likely to take up smoking. This study suggests that teenagers are also influenced by smoking parents to start using e-cigarettes and become addicted to nicotine," he said in a society news release.

The findings were presented Saturday at an ERS meeting in Barcelona. Findings presented at medical meetings are considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Researchers combined several data sets that included more than 10,000 17- and 18-year-olds in Ireland. Between 2014 and 2019, the percentage who had tried vaping rose from 23% to 39%, the data showed.

About 66% of those who tried vaping said they did so out of curiosity; about 29% said their friends vape. Only 3% said they used e-cigarettes to quit traditional cigarettes.

About 68% said they had never used tobacco when they first tried vaping, up from 32% in 2015.

Source: HealthDay
https://consumer.healthday.com/b-9-5-teens-more-likely-to-vape-if-parent-smokes-2657979075.html

What's Hot? 09/09/22

Trending Today on Twitter - 9/9/22
1. #fridaymorning
2. Good Friday
3. Akbar
4. #RedFriday
5. #FridayVibes
6. Happy Friyay
7. #FridayKiss
8. #IFeelSafeWhen
9. Daily Quordle 228
10. Ari Lennox
Source: Twitter

Trending Today on Google - 9/9/22
1. Luke Evans
2. Queen
3. NFL
4. Prince Charles
5. Prince Andrew
6. CNN
7. News
8. Princess Diana
9. David Arnold
10. Man United vs Real Sociedad
Source: Google

Top Five on Apple Music - 9/9/22
1. Me Porto Bonito - Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone
2. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
3. Jimmy Cooks (feat 21 Savage) - Drake
4. Titi Me Pregunto - Bad Bunny
5. WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems) - Future
Source: Apple Music

Top Box Office Movies - Weekend of 9/2/22
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Bullet Train
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home
4. DC League of Super Pets
5. The Invitation
Source: Showtimes.com

TV Shows Trending on Streaming Services - 9/9/22
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Prime Video
2. Rick and Morty - Prime Video
3. The Patient - Hulu
4. Devil in Ohio - Netflix
5. House of the Dragon - HBOMax
Source: Reelgood

Trending Today on YouTube - 9/9/22
1. Apple Event - September 7
2. What happens when the queen dies
3. iPhone 14/Pro Impressions
4. Introducing iPhone 14 Pro
5. Queen Elizabeth II has died Buckingham Palace announces
Source: YouTube

Netflix Top 5 TV Shows in the U.S. Today - 9/9/22
1. Devil in Ohio
2. I Survived a Crime
3. Dated and Related
4. Partner Track
5. Echoes
Source: FlixPatrol

Parents’ Who Reward Kids With Food, Restrict Their Diet May Turn Them Into ’Emotional Eaters’

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds.

Parents who reward children with food or restrict their diet risk their kids becoming “emotional eaters” who use food to regulate their feelings.

Researchers investigated how various feeding and eating practices used by parents, such as restriction, food as a reward, and child involvement can influence the eating behavior of their children. The data revealed that emotional eating among teens is more likely if their parents use food as a reward or monitor their diets.

It is even more likely with teens who use eating to regulate their emotions. Studies show that emotional eating, or eating as a coping mechanism for negative, positive, or stress-driven emotions, displays a connection with unhealthy dietary patterns and weight gain.

However, parents who involve their child in their meals have the opposite effect. Being involved helps with emotional regulation and therefore makes teens less likely to emotionally eat. A parent’s restrained eating behavior also displayed a link to less emotional eating in adolescents.

“Emotional eating was previously found to be more learned than inherited. This study examined not only the interaction between parents when feeding their children, but also what children learned from watching their parents eat,” says lead author Joanna Klosowska, MSc, from Ghent University in a media release.

The study found there was a large increase in emotional eating among teens during this time. The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, was conducted in 2017 with 218 families. The researchers also used data collected in 2013.

The researchers measured the teens' emotion regulation and their weight and height. They used this information to reach their conclusion that a parent’s eating habits are hugely influential on their children’s relationship with food.

The study was published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Source: StudyFinds
https://studyfinds.org/parents-teens-emotional-eaters/

41% of Teenagers Can't Tell the Difference Between True and Fake Online Health Messages

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

A new study has found that teenagers have a hard time discerning between fake and true health messages. Only 48% of the participants trusted accurate health messages (without editorial elements) more than fake ones. Meanwhile, 41% considered fake and true neutral messages equally trustworthy, and 11% considered true neutral health messages less trustworthy than fake health messages. The results highlight a need for better training of teenagers to navigate a world where fake health news is so widespread.

The researchers found that 41% of teenagers couldn't tell the difference between true and fake online medical content. What's more, poor editing of health messages was not perceived as a sign of low trustworthiness. These latest findings were published in Frontiers in Psychology.

Researchers presented 300 secondary school students (aged between 16 and 19 years old) with seven short messages about the health-promoting effects of different fruits and vegetables. The messages had different levels: fake message, true neutral message, and true message with editorial elements (superlatives, clickbait, grammar mistakes, authority appeal, and bold typeface). Participants were then asked to rate the message's trustworthiness.

The participants were able to discern between overtly fake health messages and health messages whether true or slightly changed with editing elements; 48% of participants trusted the true neutral health messages more than the fake ones. However, 41% of participants considered fake and true neutral messages equally trustworthy, and 11% considered true neutral health messages less trustworthy than fake health messages.

"Putting trust in messages requires identification of fake versus true content," said principal investigator Dr. Radomír Masaryk of Comenius University. "The only version of a health message that was significantly less trusted compared to a true health message was a message with a clickbait headline," continued Masaryk.

The results highlight a need for better instruction of teenagers to spot editing cues that give away the quality of a piece of information. The authors suggest focusing on health literacy and media literacy training and skills such as analytical thinking and scientific reasoning.

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-teenagers-difference-true-fake-online.html

Study Finds Steep Rise in Type 2 Diabetes Among Children During COVID-19 Pandemic

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

In a multi-site study of medical records, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and across the United States say they have documented a steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a report on the findings, published recently in The Journal of Pediatrics, the investigators note it is unclear whether the virus infection itself was a factor in the rise, and they point to the switch to virtual learning and the shutdown of sports and school activities as "environmental factors" that likely increased risk.

Before the pandemic, type 2 diabetes was increasing among children around the world, and because rates of childhood diabetes are known to rise and fall over time, the investigators launched a nationwide review of medical records to assess the impact of the pandemic, according to Sheela N. Magge, M.D., M.S.C.E., director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Children's Center.

Magge, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-first author of the paper, says reduced physical activity and weight gain are well-known risk factors for type 2 diabetes. "During the COVID-19 lockdown, children were removed from normal day-to-day routines like going to school, playing sports and other hobbies," Magge says. "Not only were they less physically active, they were confined to their homes and spent a lot more time watching TV, playing video games, or with other electronic devices."

For the new study, conducted in collaboration with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, the researchers compared the rates of new-onset type 2 diabetes among people aged 8 to 21 in the two years prior to the pandemic (March 1, 2018, to Feb. 29, 2020) to the first year of the pandemic (March 1, 2020, to Feb. 28, 2021).

The researchers identified 3,113 pediatric patients during that period, age 8 to 21 and from 24 centers across the U.S. The average number of new diagnoses per year in the two pre-pandemic years increased from 825 to 1,463 during the first year of the pandemic, an increase of 77%.

During the first year of the pandemic, the records showed that more boys (55%) were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than girls (45%), a reversal of the percentages during the pre-pandemic years. "This was one of the more unusual findings from our study," says pediatric endocrinologist Risa Wolf, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-first author of the paper. "Typically, we see more girls than boys who are newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, though it's unclear why."

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-steep-diabetes-children-covid-pandemic.html

Parents Adopt Unhealthy Food Routines for Family Well-Being in Place of Unaffordable Activities

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

A new study suggests a key reason parents on a low-income buy unhealthy foods for their families is to compensate for non-food-related activities which support social well-being but that they are unable to afford.

The study from the Center for Food Policy at City University of London sheds light on the food buying habits of low-income parents across England. It looked at how these families' food practices may be influenced by their 'food environment,' i.e., where people can buy and eat food outside of the home, as well as advertising and promotions they come across, but also the wider socioeconomic factors in their lives that may be affecting their decision making.

The findings support the well-established view that a food environment where unhealthy foods are ubiquitous, cheap, and heavily marketed drives parents to feed their families on them. However, they further suggest that when parents are unable to afford social activities with their children, like visiting a 'soft play' center or holidays even a short distance away, they are additionally driven to compensate with family 'treats' taking the form of unhealthy food routines.

Examples of such routines identified in the study include family visits to fast-food outlets like the local 'chippy' (fish and chips shop), kebab shop, or (famously branded) burger restaurant, or even food-related events at home such as family snacks time in front of a movie or board game.

The study involved 60 parents on low incomes as participants.

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-parents-unhealthy-food-routines-family.html