Teen health

Parental pressure of dieting in teen years linked to food, weight problems later

Families with a parent who was pressured to diet growing up were also more likely to tease one another about weight.

Mar 07, 2018, 17:57 PM IST

Shocking! Teens falling prey to a sedentary lifestyle; study compares their activity levels to 60-year-olds!

For their study, the researchers used data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 survey cycles.

Jun 18, 2017, 09:57 AM IST

Does your teen use the phone at night? It may be making them depressed!

Around two thirds or 65 percent of students in Class 8 who owned a mobile phone were reported to use it regularly after "lights out".

May 30, 2017, 23:37 PM IST