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

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

CHILDREN as young as ten have had hip replacements on the NHS because they are so fat, shock figures show. They are going under the knife as childhood obesity levels soar, with one in three now ...

High consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing high levels of added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium is associated with obesity in early childhood, especially in boys.

Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, ...

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

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

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

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published ...

More than 40 percent of Qataris are clinically obese, due to sedentary lifestyles, genetic factors, and cultural preferences ...

A doctor has warned of re-emerging cases of scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency, among children and young people ...

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 ...