The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected every aspect of daily life. Parents of adolescents, in particular, may be facing unique challenges in helping them navigate unexpected changes to their daily routine. This article discusses how adolescents may respond to stressful and traumatic situations and provides recommendations for clinicians who may be advising parents of adolescents or parenting their own children.
KEY POINTSYoung adults who are socially isolated during COVID-19 may experience intense feelings of loneliness, increasing their risk for depression and anxiety.
the 15,197 young adults aged 18-26 years old, 26.5% of young men reported attempts to gain weight, including 39.5% of men who were normal weight, 21.5% who were overweight, and 7.9% who were obese by BMI. By contrast, only 4.6% of women reported attempts to gain weight. Young men reported behaviors such as lifting weights (15.7%); legal performance enhancing substances such as creatine, monohydrate, and androstenedione (15.7%); and androgenic anabolic steroids (2.7%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses demonstrated that Black/African American males (Odds ratio [OR] 2.40; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.84-3.13) had greater odds of weight gain attempts than White males. Adolescent males identifying as homosexual or bisexual had lower odds (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.25 e 0.84) of weight gain attempts than adolescent males identifying as heterosexual. Young men who reported weightlifting to bulk up had less BMI (B¼-0.33 kg/m2, p¼0.023) and weight (B¼-0.87 kg, p¼0.
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