Adolescent Obesity

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- Obesity not seen to increase risk of depression in teens - 4.2
- Most obese adolescents lacking vitamin D - 3.8
- Vegetarians face eating disorders risk more - 3.6
- Successful weight control strategies for adolescent obesity - 3.4
- Obesity linked to reduced sleep, technology use, caffeine - 3.4
- Taranabant for obesity discontinued by Merck - 3.3
- Decline in smoking in Minnesota Adolescent - 3.2
- Teens who eat breakfast daily eat healthier diets - 3.2
- Overweight youth likely to have overweight friends - 3.1
- Obesity increased in USA, obesity policies are failing - 2.7

Adolescent Obesity articles

Sugar sweetened beverages ban in schools not reducing consumption among adolescents
Banning all sugar-sweetened beverages in US schools is not associated with a reduction in overall consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, revealed by researchers in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Most obese adolescents lacking vitamin D
A new study from Hasbro Children's Hospital has found that most obese adolescents are lacking in vitamin D. The researchers call for increased surveillance of vitamin D levels in this population and for further studies to determine if normalizing vitamin D levels will help to lower the health risks associated with obesity.

Obesity not seen to increase risk of depression in teens
According to a new study, severely obese adolescents are no more likely to be depressed than normal weight peers. The study, which has been released in the Journal of Adolescent Health, did find that white adolescents may be somewhat more vulnerable to psychological effects of obesity.

Successful weight control strategies for adolescent obesity
Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States.

Overweight youth likely to have overweight friends
Overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends, revealed by researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).

Obesity linked to reduced sleep, technology use, caffeine
According to a research presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, adolescent obesity is associated with having less sleep.

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