The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published ...

Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...

New research from the University of Birmingham and Aston University has found that putting lower-calorie meal choices at the ...

It is rare indeed for Philip Bump to take stock of a sudden pronouncement from President Donald Trump and say, “Yes … more .” ...

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

The Make Kindness Count campaign will last through the end of March, organizers said in a news release. The goal is to ...

KUWAIT: A study published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal in 2022 reveals that the prevalence of overweight children under five years old in Kuwait reached 10.78 percent between 2016 and ...

A significant percentage of adolescents in the United States are living with hyperuricemia, a condition that is associated with obesity and risks for cardiometabolic complications, according to study ...

Researchers examined the long-term effect of different responses to pediatric obesity treatment on critical health outcomes in young adulthood.

Ultraprocessed food consumption in preschoolers is associated with increased body fat, particularly in boys, underscoring the ...