A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity ...

Childhood obesity is a growing public health issue affecting kids of all ages. Luckily, there are plenty of actions we can ...

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this ...

GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity has become a safeguarding concern, according to ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

The labels would flag whether a food or drink contains high, medium, or low levels of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugars ...

A new study found that, overall, children with obesity at the time of their cancer diagnosis had worse survival rates ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by ...

Teenagers and their parents had better watch out. An unhealthy lifestyle in childhood has been linked to the onset of ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

GPs are told to use additional metrics to diagnose overweight patients, rather than relying on body mass index alone ...