Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

Surprisingly, places like South America, North Africa, and the Middle East will be severely affected.

The findings highlight "monumental societal failures" in the fight against obesity, said population health researcher Jessica ...

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise, with alarming projections showing one in six children and adolescents could be obese by ...

Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.

A study published on Tuesday in 'The Lancet' warns of the escalation of the obesity and overweight pandemic if no action is ...

A recent study predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults (3.8 billion people) and one-third of all children ...

The number of obese children and adults in the UK will rise substantially by 2050 - and by more than half in some age groups, ...

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive ...

A major international study has found children and adolescents in Australia have experienced some of the fastest transitions ...