The Trump administration has promised that addressing childhood obesity will be a key part of its “Make America Healthy Again ...

NHS figures show that obesity levels among young children are rising and it's having a 'major impact ' on their health.

CHILDREN as young as ten have had hip replacements on the NHS because they are so fat, shock figures show. They are going under the knife as childhood obesity levels soar, with one in three now ...

Genetic study in Indian children reveals socioeconomic status significantly influences genetic susceptibility to childhood ...

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse ...

High consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing high levels of added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium is associated with obesity in early childhood, especially in boys.

Childhood obesity has been on the rise in the United States for over a decade, and, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), approximately one in three children and teenagers lives with ...

Around one in eight children between the ages of two and ten in England are obese, with childhood obesity in some deprived areas rising to as many as one in four. In 2022, US researchers concluded ...

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

Pediatric obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of iron deficiency but not a higher prevalence of iron deficiency anemia.

A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...