A new University of Michigan study found that regardless of body weight, teens had high brain activity during food commercials compared to nonfood commercials.

A total of of 96 children and adolescents were given caffeine or placebo and then put through memory tests, reaction time tests, and color-word tasks.

Researchers have found the level of education of parents has an influence on the frequency with which their children eat foods which are linked to obesity.

A new report reveals diet beverage consumption among Americans continues to climb, as more and more consumers try to reduce calories by replacing sugar-sweetened drinks.

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that adolescents who eliminated sugar-sweetened beverages for one year gained less weight than those who did not.

The evidence of a growing problem in teens is already out there.

Teens are not consuming enough whole grain foods, according to a recent study from the University of Minnesota at St. Paul.

The vast majority of adolescents apparently underestimate the number of calories they consume in meals purchased at fast food restaurants, according to new research. As reported in the October 5, 2011, Chicago Sun-Times, teens aged 11-20 were surveyed outside fast food chains in four U.S. cities.

The vast majority of adolescents underestimate the number of calories contained in the meals they purchase at fast food restaurants, researchers found.

Adding caffeine to sugar-sweetened, carbonated beverages likely teaches kids to prefer those drinks, according to recently presented research.