Overweight Teenagers

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  Petition Urges 'Fat-Shaming' Netflix Series to Be Scrapped

  Called Insatiable, the series features Alyssa Milano and Debby Ryan and revolves around an overweight teenager who is ridiculed by her classmates.

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  WHO Releases New Guidelines for Obesity: 5 Diet Tips To Help Maintain Your Weight

  With the growing menace of obesity and particularly, childhood obesity becoming a global concern, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new guidelines on how health experts and professionals can help teenagers and kids identify obesity and deal with it.

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  Teenage Obesity May Increase Risk of Colon Cancer: 5 Food Swaps to Make You Healthier

  A new study, published in the Journal Cancer, shows that youngsters who are overweight are at a higher risk of developing colon or rectal cancer.

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  Living In Low Income Neighbourhoods Ups Obesity Risk In Teens

  Teenagers who live in neighbourhoods with lower education or income levels may be at an increased rick of becoming obese, a new study has found. The study among on 18-year-olds found that over a four-year period, 25 per cent of these young adults became overweight or obese.

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  Overweight Teenagers At Higher Risk Of Liver Diseases Later

  Being overweight during adolescence can put men at significantly higher risk of developing severe liver disease later in life, says a study.

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  Negative Body Image Ups Obesity Risk in Teenagers

  If you think you are overweight or your body is not what you would like it to be, you are more likely to get obese, a new study suggests.

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  High-Protein Breakfast Can Help Reduce Weight Among Overweight Teenagers

  Having a high-protein breakfast including milk, eggs, meat and yoghurt daily can reduce unhealthy weight gain among overweight teenagers, says a new study.

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  Third of Overweight Teenagers Think They are Right Size, Study Shows

  Relatively few normal-weight teens think they are too heavy, but many who are overweight do not acknowledge it.

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  Obese Teenage Boys Could Have Higher Risk of Bowel Cancer, Study Says

  Researchers find men who were overweight or obese when they were 16-20 are more likely to develop disease in their 50s.

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  Irregular periods linked to obesity, diabetes

  Teenagers who have irregular periods are more likely to be overweight and obese.

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  Lifestyle factors linked to headaches

  Teenagers who are overweight, get little exercise, or smoke, have a higher risk of recurrent headaches as compared to others.

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  Teens who snack may weigh less

  Teenagers who have snacks throughout the day are less likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who limit themselves to larger meals.

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  Multiple factors impact smoking risk

  There is no one-size-fits-all explanation for why teenagers take up smoking and therefore, focusing on one single risk factor is not likely to help.

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  Friends influence eating habits

  Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer.

• Overweight teenagers likely to die prematurely

  People who were obese at the age of 18 are twice as likely to die prematurely compared with those who were normal-weight teenagers.