The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report, which drew its conclusions from the medical records of Corewell Health patients ...

Obesity in children has become a common issue these days. With the change in lifestyle and parenting styles unhealthy amounts ...

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 ...

Kent County's childhood obesity data is higher than statewide and national averages, county health officials say.

A study links excessive screen time in children to higher body fat and poor metabolic health, highlighting cardiorespiratory ...

While there are no specific symptoms of childhood obesity, doctors define obesity by body mass index (BMI) according to the weight and height of a person. Childhood obesity can put a child at risk of ...

With access to unhealthy food soaring and physical activity levels declining, the World Obesity Federation predicts that between 2020 and 2035, Europe and Central Asia will experience a 61% increase ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

Obesity Canada has published an updated guideline for managing obesity in children and adolescents. An earlier guideline for managing obesity in adults, which was published almost 20 years ago, added ...

The bill Trump signed, the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, cleared Congress last fall. The Department of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study analyzed 906 metabolites with less than 50% missing values. Androgenic steroids, fatty acids and ...

Obesity among first year primary school children in Wigan has reached a record level, worrying new figures reveal.