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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

The British Nutrition Foundation has published guidance on how much food children should eat at mealtimes and the findings ...

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

Large food portions for children and parents demanding they finish their meals could be fuelling Britain’s obesity crisis, ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental ...

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