Sentences with phrase «girls than boys suffer»

Not exact matches

The results of the research paper are consistent with those of a 2013 study which found that, while ACL injuries did not disproportionately affect female high school athletes overall, girls were found to have a significantly higher ACL injury rate than boys in sex - comparable sports (soccer, basketball, and baseball / softball), with girls 2 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury playing soccer than any other sport, and 4 times more likely to sustain such an injury playing either soccer or basketball than volleyball or softball.

Not only are girls predisposed to instability or dislocation of the kneecap (patella), pain and problems under the kneecap, but the twisting and cutting in soccer make them particularly vulnerable to non-contact injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which they suffer at a rate two to ten times higher than boys.

A new theory from New Scientist has found that women who suffer with HG are more likely to have girls rather than boys.

Teens expect to experience some digital forms of abuse in dating, but girls may be suffering more severe emotional consequences than boys, according to a new study.

Boys are more likely to be premature and suffer problems associated with low birth weight than girls.

Overall, concussions are most common in football and ice hockey, followed by soccer, wrestling and other sports, and slightly more boys than girls suffer concussions.

In fact, one recent study involving women with celiac disease found that 37 % suffered from clinical depression, and another involving celiac children found depression rates ranging from more than 8 % in boys to nearly 14 % in girls.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) published a series of studies in the 1990s called Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America, which highlighted the fact that girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than Girls, Shortchanging America, which highlighted the fact that girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than boys.

Over the past few years, several research groups have noted that, in developing regions, women and girls may suffer more from global warming than men and boys do.

However, as stated above, it is more likely for teenage girls to suffer from depression than it is for teenage boys to struggle with the symptoms of depression.

• Females are more likely to go undiagnosed because... • ADD is still presumed to be a male disorder • Girls are more likely than boys to suffer from inattentive ADHD, which includes poor attention to detail, limited attention span, forgetfulness, distractibility, and failure to finish assigned activities.

Loeber and Keenan [13] found, for example, that girls with conduct disorders appear to be at higher risk for substance use problems than boys who suffer from conduct disorder, whereas the risk of (heavy) substance use is generally higher for boys.