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

In recent years, childhood obesity has become a growing concern ... What children eat plays a central role in their overall health. Building healthy habits early can create a strong foundation ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

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

"We saw that the children born to mothers with PCOS generally had more central obesity, meaning they were larger around the ...

Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators ...

The association, however, varied by cancer type with the strongest link in those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and central nervous ... dose adjustment in children with obesity made it ...

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 ...

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.