In the US, the lifetime medical costs of treating a 10-year-old who has obesity — classified as having a BMI over the 95th percentile of their age — are up to $20,000 more than for a child at a normal ...

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

Around one in eight children between the ages of two and ten in England are obese, with childhood obesity in some deprived areas rising to as many as one in four. In 2022, US researchers concluded ...

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

NHS figures show that obesity levels among young children are rising and it's having a 'major impact ' on their health.

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 ...

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that advertising drives sales of high-sugar cereals market ...

Studies have shown that the obesity rate of children and teenagers in South Korea is consistently on the rise, and a new ...

Children as young as ten have had hip replacements on the NHS because they are so overweight, alarming figures show. Britain's child obesity crisis has been laid bare after it emerged at least ...

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.