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When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

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Over the past 50 years, overall heart disease death rates have dropped by 66% and deaths from heart attacks have declined by ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

David Muir looks back on the life of singer and actor Bobby Sherman. His performances made him a full-fledged teen idol, ...

To tell whether a young adolescent has a healthy weight, it can help to know the average for their age and sex. The averages for 12-year-olds are 89 pounds, for males, and 92 pounds, for females ...