Women with epilepsy may have offspring with decreased bone metabolism and lower birth weight, according to a study published ...

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of ...

Women with obesity showed reductions in osteoporosis risk ranging from 23% to 33%, depending on how obesity was measured, compared to their non-obese counterparts.

“(Bone broth) can also contain chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine, which are often sold as supplements, and most of us know those to help reduce inflammation and joint pain,” says Zumpa ...

Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic, linked to the aggressive marketing of unhealthy foods to children. Obesity is a major risk factor for serious health conditions like Type 2 diabetes ...

The analysis included 6,713 participants in the Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (aged 6 to 17 years at baseline) who were receiving at least one year of obesity treatment and followed ...

New clinical trial finds that self-guided family-based treatment for children with obesity is as effective as traditional, clinician-led approaches Family behavioral treatment (FBT) is an approach to ...

“Whether or not the treatment of obesity in childhood has long-term health benefits have been debated, since weight-loss is hard to maintain,” she said. “This emphasizes the importance of providing ...

The tragedies vividly remind us how lead, a neurotoxin, can still present in communities and silently undermine our children’s health. Societal exposures date well back, with evidence in the ...

Other data sources referenced in this chapter include the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey as well as region-specific surveys. Because there is no one data source for obesity among all First Nations, ...

A person who is very muscular or has high bone ... Obesity was a risk factor for diabetes, heart attacks, brain strokes, and cancers of several organs (especially the colon and breast), apart from ...