Excess youth overweight and obesity remained highly prevalent in the United States in 2024, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in JAMA Network Open.

A third of children are predicted to be obese or overweight globally by 2050, according to new research. On March 3, The Lancet published research led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) ...

Among the chaos of busy days and competing priorities, in the end, all parents want is health and happiness for their children. But it's tricky for governments and health care providers to know the ...

DALLAS — Girls who are overweight beginning as early as age 3 are more likely to start puberty by the fourth grade, two years ahead of the American average, researchers say. Girls who are heavy for ...

Over half of adults and a third of kids and teens around the world will have overweight or obesity by 2050, according to two reports using data on 204 countries and territories. If observed trends ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly half of toddlers’ daily calorie intake was ultraprocessed foods. Boys who at high amounts of ...

Children born to mothers who were overweight before or during pregnancy are more likely to develop conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...

Research conducted with 130 children between the ages of six and 11 showed that inflammation associated with obesity and being overweight affects the functioning of the endothelium – the layer that ...