Children & teenagers fatter than they have been in 40 years but 200million are underweight

Between 1975 and 2016 the estimated number of obese boys in the world increased from six million to 74 million.  Girls showed a similar trend, with their obesity figure rising from five million to 50 million over the same period.  Much of the increase in recent years has taken place in developing countries while obesity […]

Flesh-eating ‘sea fleas’ savage teenager’s legs in bloody feeding frenzy (DISTURBING IMAGES)

A young Australian man took a dip in the ocean to soothe his legs after a day of playing football but was horrified when he returned to the beach to find his legs bleeding uncontrollably from what appeared to be thousands of tiny bites. Sam Kanizay, 16, spent Saturday evening unwinding at Dendy Street Beach […]

Power Rangers stars speak out on diverse cast 'It's what teenagers go through' (EXCLUSIVE)

The movie – released theatrically earlier this year and out now on DVD and Blu-ray – boasted Becky G as the Yellow Ranger, a girl questioning her sexual orientation, and RJ Cyler as the Blue Ranger, who is autistic. Also in the cast were Naomi Scott, whose mother is of Indian descent, and Chinese-Canadian rising […]

Ex-police officer charged with murder after firing rifle at car full of teenagers

Courtesy Parker County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS DALLAS (Reuters) – A former Dallas suburb policeman was indicted on Monday by a grand jury for murder for using a rifle to kill a black teenager in a car moving away from the officer, in a case fueling a national debate over possible racial bias in US […]

Teenagers Have Stopped Getting Summer Jobs—Why?

The summer job is considered a rite of passage for the. American Teenager. It is a time when tossing newspaper bundles and bussing restaurant tables acts as a rehearsal for weightier adult responsibilities, like bundling investments and bussing dinner-party plates. But in the last few decades, the summer job has been disappearing. In the summer […]

A Colorado appeals court sided with a group of teenagers who sued the oil industry for not protecting the environment

Andrew Burton/Getty The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a group of teenagers on Thursday, reversing a lower court ruling and opining that the state must hold public health and environmental protection to a higher level of importance than the interests of its oil and gas industry, the Denver Post reported. The case was […]