Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

Surprisingly, places like South America, North Africa, and the Middle East will be severely affected.

Childhood obesity is on the rise, with alarming projections showing one in six children and adolescents could be obese by ...

Digital health interventions were associated with small positive effects on anthropometric measures among children with obesity.

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent obesity from becoming the global norm.

This research examines childhood obesity rates in a rural county before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children who do not drink mother's milk can become obese. On the other hand, the weight of children who drink mother's milk for 6 months was found to be normal. They were found to be more agile than ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

A recent study predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults (3.8 billion people) and one-third of all children ...

“By fostering early-life responsive parenting practices, we can help establish healthy growth trajectories that may reduce the risk of obesity as children grow,” senior researcher Jennifer ...

Experts advise parents to create a healthy environment by encouraging balanced nutrition and limiting processed foods ...