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Opinion: Is Tyra's Plus-Sized Model Search Sending The Right Message To Teens?

Can you hear the collective gasp? Tyra Banks just announced she's searching for America's Next Top plus-sized teen Model. No rail-thin size zeros ... Read More »

Teenage Obesity: The TV Isn't To Blame

Photo: Getty Thanks to the popularity of things like Facebook, Playstation and TiVo, it's pretty obvious that teenagers today are getting less ... Read More »

Do you have an obese teenager?

Obesity among the American teenage population is no laughing matter -- more and more kids seem to be packing on the extra pounds these days. What is ... Read More »

Teenage obesity surgery risks studied

Are more U.S. teens electing to have obesity surgery these days? According to many reports, this is indeed the case. But, are teens exposing ... Read More »

Teenage weight management program comes to Iowa hospital

In what looks like a model program for teenagers grappling with weight issues, specialists at Children's Hospital of Iowa are offering the Better ... Read More »

Obesity triples among U.S. teens

Are kids and teens these days getting fatter? In almost every sense of the word, as a random sampling from a few weeks ago at a skating rink proved my ... Read More »

Watching less TV doesn't boost physical exercise

Many of us have seen kids 99 ours or others -- spends hours in front of the television watching programs and more recently, playing endless video ... Read More »

Girls most likely to gain weight in adolesence

With much of the American population overweight or obese these days, is there a time in the lives of girls and boys when the habits that lead to added ... Read More »

Teenage weight problems linked to frequent weighing

In the eyes of teenagers, image is a good part of one's identity during those hard-to-pass years. Teenage girls who weight themselves often may even ... Read More »