A meta-analysis revealed that exercise interventions effectively reduced blood pressure levels in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity, with notable effects seen in girls.

Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said. Ten years ago Gateshead Council used all the planning powers available at ...

GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity becomes a safeguarding concern because ... ethnic minority backgrounds are aware that they are prone to central adiposity and ...

Children who respond well to pediatric obesity treatment have markedly lower ... Science News, Oncology News Central, MedCentral, Northwestern magazine, and Nurse.com and was an editor at the ...

The days of washing down a hotdog with a fizzy drink – and some other sugary drinks – while watching sport at a prominent ...

The medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Healthy Weight Initiative is sharing prevention tips and how to help ...