With one in 10 children now living with obesity globally, the WHO is calling on governments to overhaul school food and ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

Exclusive: Almost half of GPs have seen children up to the age of seven who have obesity, research finds ...

When pediatric health experts name the most worrisome medical conditions plaguing young people today, obesity often tops the list. According to global statistics from the World Health Organization, ...

An AHA scientific statement highlights how food insecurity, limited green space, and systemic bias create barriers to healthy weight maintenance.

Obese children as young as six could receive Ozempic-style weight-loss jabs after a “promising” first trial. Slimming injections were found to lower children’s body mass index (BMI) by 7.4 per cent in ...

From early diabetes to anxiety and body shaming, the long-term impact of childhood obesity can be devastating. Bariatric ...

Economic Survey 2026: India's Economic Survey 2026 flags a major health crisis: rising obesity. Unhealthy diets, ...

Ahead of Budget 2026, the Economic Survey warns that rising obesity, ultra-processed food consumption, digital addiction and worsening mental health are emerging as major public health challenges for ...