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 ...

Underweight children cost the NHS as much as those with obesity, a new study has found. The University of Oxford findings ...

Childhood obesity is a long-term health condition that develops when a child’s weight is above the healthy range for their age, height, and sex. According to Mayo Clinic, doctors define it as having a ...

MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new AI-driven bite counter is in development to help counter childhood obesity – ...

It says it has identified the 'first 1,000 days' as being pivotal in preventing this health issue. Published in the Pediatric ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United States is affected by obesity. Research has shown obesity often begins in ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in ...

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle ...

Children living with obesity face greater risks of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and orthopedic problems, along with psychosocial challenges such as low self-esteem, anxiety, and social ...

About six months ago, a series of patients came to me begging for weight-loss injections to manage obesity. As doctor who has ...

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 ...

The study in the British Medical Journal looked at 24,000 children. Why are more children becoming obese by medical standards and what effect could their moms have? That's what researchers in a new ...