Obesity, poor diet, sedentary lifestyles, stress at a young age from career goals and irregular sleep are all triggers ...

The rate of children and adolescents experiencing high blood pressure worldwide nearly doubled between 2000 and 2020, ...

A reader responded to a recent article that addressed being too thin. “I am a woman who has been considered ‘obese’ her entire life based on the accepted method of judging body composition. I am ...

Child obesity rates have stabilised in some countries in recent years – but global health officials said they were still too ...

aUnit on Growth and Obesity, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, ...

A sweeping review from NYU Langone Health reveals that everyday exposure to plastics—especially during childhood—poses lasting risks for heart disease, infertility, asthma, and even brain development ...

We don’t mean to cast shade. But my Little’s lack of impulse control collided spectacularly with California’s post-pandemic, free-breakfast-and-lunch-for-all program. It’s well-intentioned, to be sure ...

Ultra-processed foods are increasingly replacing fruits, vegetables, and proteins in children’s diets across more than 190 countries, fueling a surge in obesity. A new UNICEF report finds that more ...

For the first time in history, more children are obese than underweight, a shift UNICEF says is putting millions of kids at risk of life-threatening disease. The UN agency’s analysis, which covered ...

For the first time, more children worldwide are living with obesity than undernutrition. The shift indicates childhood malnutrition has entered a new phase, one that the world is ill-equipped to ...