Introduction Child stunting, a measure of malnutrition, is a major global health challenge affecting 148.1 million children in 2022. Global stunting rates have declined from 47.2% in 1985 to 22.3% in ...

Overweight and obesity among youth remained highly prevalent in the US in 2024, data from electronic health records show.

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At 36 weeks in the TOGETHER-PsO study, concomitant Taltz and Zepbound met primary endpoint of superiority vs. Taltz monotherapy in achieving complete skin clearance ...

Global rise in childhood hypertension linked to early heart changes. Experts call for routine screening and lifestyle action to protect young hearts.

Advancing differentiated MC4R-based obesity programs into clinical development Melanocortin-based obesity therapies targeting rare MC4R pathway disorders with a primary ...

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Researchers in Singapore are working on an experimental new compound that could stop the body from absorbing fat without ...

A study of 130 children between the ages of 6 and 11 conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil has identified that obesity alone can cause immediate damage to ...

Obesity in African American children is linked to widespread metabolic remodeling of lipoproteins, amino acids, and inflammatory markers.

If you conduct community-based research, you have to understand the context”, says Christina Economos, Dean, Professor, and New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition ...

Childhood obesity rates are rising and global figures don't make for easy reading. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 124 million children and teenagers around the world are obese ...