The Trump administration has promised that addressing childhood obesity will be a key part of its “Make America Healthy Again ...

Tipping the scales According to the World Health Organization, there are more than one billion people worldwide who are considered obese. Obesity in children and adults leads to an increase in ...

Pediatric obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of iron deficiency but not a higher prevalence of iron deficiency anemia.

From 2013-2014 to August 2021-August 2023, there were small increases in the percentage of children and adolescents with obesity, as well as in adults with severe obesity (but not obesity). There were ...

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

Researchers examined the associations among UPF intake, anthropometric adiposity indicators, and obesity status in 2217 Canadian children (53% boys) participating in the CHILD Cohort Study.

27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...

KUWAIT: A study published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal in 2022 reveals that the prevalence of overweight children under five years old in Kuwait reached 10.78 percent between 2016 and ...

Childhood obesity rates are rising and global figures don't make for easy reading. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Treatment for Children With Obesity Has Lasting Effect Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of ...

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