Overweight teens face many challenges. WebMD examines the issues around healthy teen weight loss, including teenage obesity, body image, diets, and exercise plans.

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the proportion of adolescents living with overweight or obesity in England has ...

More information: Cross-National Time Trends in Adolescent Body Weight Perception and the Explanatory Role of Overweight/Obesity Prevalence, Child and Adolescent Obesity (2023). DOI: 10.1080 ...

Fewer teens consider themselves overweight, leading experts to worry about an increase in childhood obesity, already considered an epidemic.. Researchers from the University of Luxembourg ...

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese, according to new research published Thursday from The Lancet. The research points to a substantial increase in overweight ...

Study finds a 50% rise in overweight and obesity among adolescents in England, increasing from 22% in 2008–2010 to 33% in 2021–2023.

Lancet Commission report warns of global adolescent health crisis due to obesity, mental disorders, and climate change impacts.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of currentpharmacotherapeutic options for weight loss in overweight adolescents. Data Sources: Literature was obtained through MEDLINE Ovid(1996 ...

Obesity rates for adults and older adolescents doubled over the past three decades, and the prevalence of obese or overweight US women ages 15 to 24 increased faster than men from 1990 to 2021.

Number of obese and overweight teenagers will skyrocket in the next five years, experts warn. Adolescent health worldwide is at a "tipping point," experts say ...