News and Updates

Sleep-related breathing disorder among adolescents and its association with obesity, sleep pattern and moodhttps://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/13734
2025-June
Effects of a cafeteria-based sustainable diet intervention on wellbeing at a large German hospital: a quasi-experimental studyhttps://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-22533-6
02-06-2025
Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warnshttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163871 
30-05-2025
Mali: School committees to protect youth from smokinghttps://www.afro.who.int/countries/mali/news/mali-school-committees-protect-youth-smoking
31-05-2025
Investing in adolescent health and well-being to secure sustainable progresshttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00867-0/abstract
31-05-2025
The Department of Digital Health and Innovation participates in the 13th Youth Pre-World Health Assemblyhttps://www.who.int/news/item/27-05-2025-the-department-of-digital-health-and-innovation-participates-in-the-13th-youth-pre-world-health-assembly
27-05-2025
UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable developmenthttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162286 
15-04-2025
8 million teens in world’s wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEFhttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/ 5/1163271 
14-05-2025
Why we need to measure people’s well-being — lessons from a global surveyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01254-1 
30-04-2025
UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable developmenthttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162286 
15-04-2025
The Beneficial Interaction Between Human Well-Being and Natural Healthy Ecosystems: An Integrative Narrative Approachhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/3/427
14-03-2025
Gen Z-ero tolerance for inequality: How youth are driving change for women’s rights in 2025https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2025/03/gen-z-ero-tolerance-for-inequality-how-youth-are-driving-change-for-womens-rights-in-2025
11-03-2025
Moving beyond tokenism: toward sustainable youth engagement to improve the implementation of public health programs and interventionshttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1576788/full
06-03-2025
Exploring Financial Challenges and University Support Systems for Student Financial Well-Being: A Scoping Reviewhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/3/356 
27-02-2025
10-year study to shed light on youth vapinghttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-year-study-to-shed-light-on-youth-vaping
19-02-2025

The wellbeing of the dental team: World Suicide Prevention Day 2025  https://communities.springernature.com/posts/the-wellbeing-of-the-dental-team-world-suicide-prevention-day-2025 
09-09-2025 
Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns  https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165797 
09-09-2025 
Economic evaluation of wearable fitness trackers versus metformin for preventing type 2 diabetes in the UK population  https://bmcdigitalhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s44247-025-00194-0 
08-09-2025 
Correction: Co-designing an online educational resource to help adolescents improve their digital health literacy  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-24455-9 
03-09-2025 
Ultra-processed foods — it’s time for an improved definition  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02750-0 
03-09-2025 
WHO releases new reports and estimates highlighting urgent gaps in mental health  https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2025-who-releases-new-reports-and-estimates-highlighting-urgent-gaps-in-mental-health 
02-09-2025 
Over a billion people living with mental health conditions – services require urgent scale-up  https://www.paho.org/en/news/2-9-2025-over-billion-people-living-mental-health-conditions-services-require-urgent-scale 
02-09-2025 
WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide  https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165759 
02-09-2025 
Negative life events and Internet addiction among college students: role of physical exercise and prosocial behavior  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1629818/abstract 
01-09-2025 
Replacing sedentary behavior with physical activity reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression: a study with young adults  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-23523-4 
30-08-2025 
Validation of the Bangla WHO-5 well-being index among gender and sexually diverse people in Bangladesh  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-24476-4 
30-08-2025 
Co-production as an approach for developing youth advocacy videos on countering unhealthy food marketing and e-cigarette advertising  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-24095-z 
30-08-2025 
System Mapping of Farm-to-School Partnerships to Enhance Student Access to Healthy, Local Foods  https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/9/1342 
27-08-2025 
1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF  https://www.who.int/news/item/26-08-2025-1-in-4-people-globally-still-lack-access-to-safe-drinking-water---who--unicef 
26-08-2025 
India Partners with World Food Programme to Fight Global Hunger  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2160603 
25-08-2025 
South & Southeast Asian Nations unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2160028 
23-08-2025 
DHR-ICMR hosts International Meeting on Health Research and Innovations in Public Health  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2158874 
21-08-2025 
Update on National TB Elimination Programme  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2157876 
19-08-2025 
Ensuring vital mental health and psychosocial support reaches people in need  https://www.who.int/news/item/19-08-2025-ensuring-vital-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-reaches-people-in-need 
19-08-2025 
This overlooked trait could explain anxiety and depression in millions  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250818102949.htm 
19-08-2025 
Adolescent loneliness as a predictor of adult obesity: a longitudinal analysis from the HUNT study, Norway  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-23872-0 
13-08-2025 
Celebrating youth: ‘When young people take the lead, everyone gains’  https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165638 
12-08-2025 
WHO launches Health Inequality Monitoring Network to catalyse progress towards health equity  https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2025-who-launches-health-inequality-monitoring-network-to-catalyse-progress-towards-health-equity 
12-08-2025 
"Factsheet on Breast cancer "  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/breast-cancer 
11-08-2025 
Young people take the lead for a more sustainable future  https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165623 
11-08-2025 
Effect of intervention on screen time in preschoolers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-23700-5 
11-08-2025 
The impact of educational interventions on food label comprehension and food choices among adolescents: a scoping review  https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-23940-5 
06-08-2025 
Govt outlines schemes for socio-economic empowerment of minority communities  https://ddnews.gov.in/en/govt-outlines-schemes-for-socio-economic-empowerment-of-minority-communities/ 
05-08-2025 
WHO Academy: scaling up critical global health workforce learning opportunities  https://www.who.int/news/item/05-08-2025-who-academy-scaling-up-critical-global-health-workforce-learning-opportunities 
05-08-2025 
Screen time and adolescent well-being: a comparative study of Russia and Cuba  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1587475/full 
05-08-2025 