The first five years of a child's life may be key to preventing overweight and obesity in years to come, say the authors of ...

I worry about how these changes, which are occurring at the age of 13 or 14, might affect them later in life,” the study’s lead author said.

As new figures show how obesity is rising among children and teenagers, doctors debate if weight loss jabs are the answer ...

Researchers said the findings are “particularly alarming” given the importance of adolescence when it comes to brain ...

This comprehensive cross-sectional study was performed to elucidate the associations between obesity and asthma as significant risk factors for hypertension in children and adolescents, while also ...

In a news conference on Tuesday announcing the effort, Dr. Marty Makary, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner, linked these dyes to obesity, diabetes, attention deficit hyperactivity ...

The synthetic opioid has increasingly shown up in counterfeit pills and street drugs, public health officials say, making casual experimentation especially deadly for teens. Peter, Gia and Logan ...

baranq - stock.adobe.com They stiffed her — and then rubbed salt in the wound. A group of smug teens has gone viral after leaving a struggling waitress zero tip and a snarky four-word message on ...

Therefore, investigating the current state of obesity in children and adolescents is crucial. Herein, we investigated factors related to the prevalence of obesity. Materials and methods: We ...

In what seems to be part of a recent crime trend, a group of about three dozen bike-riding teens swarmed a supermarket near USC before shoplifting from the store and attacking two men with ...

Teens who sleep earlier and longer score higher in memory, reading, and problem-solving A study of over 3,000 teens confirms that sleep boosts cognitive performance. Researchers found that those ...