In the 1990s, an overweight or obese child was considered an exception. Today, it’s slowly becoming the norm. A sweeping new ...

Underweight children may experience different health issues. That is why it is ... Despite the growing obesity trend in general, some children tend to be underweight due to a lack of access ...

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

One of the biggest health problems among American children today is obesity. And the diabetes that follows obesity. And rates of obesity have almost tripled among children in many parts of the ...

More than half of adults and a third of children ... obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure," lead author Emmanuela Gakidou said in a news release. She's a professor of ...

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

By 2050, we forecast that 2.2 million Australian children and adolescents will be living with obesity. A further 1.6 million ...

These conditions, which significantly impact both quality of life and health, are largely preventable. One of the most alarming trends highlighted by the new data is that obesity among children ...

health experts say. As obesity rates are set to soar globally, half of children and young people in Australia are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. That's according to a major ...

“The family needs to work together to pursue a healthy lifestyle,” she added. Rio de Janeiro schools try a new recipe to reduce child obesity Childhood overweight and obesity rates had ...