Jim Liebelt

The epidemic of excess weight gain and obesity among young Americans began about 15 years ago, a new study finds.

The final Harry Potter movie shattered the record for an opening weekend at the North American box office, industry trackers said.

Amazon is now allowing students to rent textbooks on their Kindle and Kindle apps, which allows students to save up to 80% off textbook list...

Binge-drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a new study...

Pediatricians often miss important opportunities to talk about nutrition, exercise, and emotional issues with overweight teens, suggests new...

A listing of hot cultural items from the the Internet, music, television and movies.

Back-to-school sales are BIG business to retailers. In effort to milk the cash cow, b-t-s sales have already started, just a few weeks after some...

The report, "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2011" finds teen births are down, while drug use for 8th graders is...

In the past two years, the number of teens with smartphones has nearly tripled to 4.8 million from 1.7 million during the same period in 2009,...

A listing of hot cultural items from the the Internet, music, television and movies.

A new study finds many American teens maintain their religious identity through high school, even though their participation in church and other...

A new study finds that popular teen books can be surprisingly sexual, meaning that reading may not always be the wholesome activity that parents...

A recent study shows that teens who skip breakfast have a greater urge to overeat at lunch.

The longer U.S. soldiers were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the more likely their children would be diagnosed with mental health problems,...

A new UK study of families finds teen girls have significant influence on household spending, while teen boys do not.

The National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse has released a new study that finds 9 out of 10 adult addicts started using before the age of...

The American Association of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media warns parents that watching too much TV makes kids sedentary, and...

Tobacco sales to minors fell to an all-time low in 2010 after increasing in 2009, a new report shows.