When physicians speak to an overweight child they should inquire carefully about a history of physical, sexual or emotional ...

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that body weight changes in early childhood may be associated with ...

A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function ...

Driven largely by increasing childhood obesity, this silent but serious condition poses long-term heart risks. For many years, high blood pressure was mostly a problem for adults. But today ...

The global childhood obesity epidemic has exploded. Over the past four decades, the world has witnessed a tenfold increase in obesity in children and adolescents between five and 19 years old.

Individuals who lived with obesity as children are less likely to be in work or studying in their mid-20s than their peers, new research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) has ...

Childhood obesity is defined as having a body mass index at or above the 95th percentile for age and sex in children 2 and older. People have theorized for many years that obesity must be genetic ...

Further, the number of children with obesity in the U.S. continues to rise, with about 1 in 5 teens currently living with the condition, researchers said. To see whether age influences their risk ...

Additionally, paternal BMI impacted child weight and BMI, particularly at ages 8–10 years. Professor Dodd says, "We know that women living with overweight or obesity are at increased risk of ...

Obesity is a chronic disease related to excess body fat. Read on to learn more about how stigma plays a role. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Health professionals who treat children living with obesity have a ...