Dr. Gabriel Cubillos explains key causes behind rising child and teen obesity and shares home-based steps for prevention and early action.

(Reuters Health) - Weight screenings in high school were not enough to get overweight and obese kids on track toward a healthier weight, a recent U.S. study found. With obesity rates soaring among ...

Campaigns to help children set aside junk food and soda appear to be paying off: The obesity rate for American teens has stopped rising, and may even be on the decline. However, a recent study ...

Jan. 10 -- SATURDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A psychotherapy program may work better than traditional health classes in preventing teenage girls at risk of obesity from becoming excessively fatter, ...

There is an "urgent need" to exploit the potential of social media to educate and positively influence young people with scientific information on obesity, according to research presented by Antonella ...

A recent study published in the journal Stroke by the American Stroke Association has raised alarms about the connection between adolescent obesity and early-onset stroke. The research, conducted in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds. Using ...

A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function ...

According to a new study, only a quarter of obese teens who undergo gastric bypass surgery or the less-invasive sleeve gastrectomy manage to keep weight off up to three years after the operations. The ...

A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function ...

Bariatric procedures in teens appear to be on the rise. How young is too young? Sept. 20, 2010— -- It's an option that may seem extreme for a teenage patient. But ask 15-year-old Kallum ...