Children who are obese at the time of cancer diagnosis have inferior event-free survival and overall survival, new data suggest.

BMI is a widely used tool for assessing obesity, but it has limitations. It doesn't account for muscle mass, fat distribution or bone density. Experts suggest using it alongside other measures for ...

EXCLUSIVE: Knowsley, in Merseyside, has been crowned as the town with the highest proportion of overweight and obese children ...

Researchers found that high fructose intake, especially from processed foods, is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

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

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

Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity ... kids enrolled in a long-scale research project tracking children's health.

Miliku and Chen point to the Nutri-Score label used in France - a color-coded scale ranging from ... With overweight and obesity affecting nearly one in three children in this country, it's ...

bham.ac.uk The focus of this review is on aspects pertaining to children from two recently published guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (box 1). NICE also has ...

NHS experts report unprecedented demand for the new generation of obesity treatments. Online pharmacies will no longer be allowed to use customer pictures or questionnaires as evidence.

What are the best children's savings accounts? You'll often find children's savings accounts have much more generous interest rates than adult accounts, but they can also come with a lot of caveats, ...

Since 2020/21, more than 4,000 youngsters, some still nursery age, have been referred by NHS Scotland health boards for weight management assistance.