Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The figures were published in a 114-page report, published by Unicef, entitled “Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing ...

Obesity levels in the UK are set to rise substantially by 2050. (Getty Images) For the first time ever, more children are overweight in the world than undernourished, according to Unicef. In a new ...

(CNN) — More school-age children and adolescents are now obese than underweight, a new report from the United Nations’ children’s agency, UNICEF, has revealed, with 188 million young people affected.

Empty hospital bed. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Empty hospital bed. — Image by © Tim Sandle. The focus, when it comes to children and incorrect weight, tends to be ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in children—but it is not just obesity driving the costs. New research from the ...