The government has estimated that if everyone reduced their diets by 216 calories a day - the equivalent of a bottle of fizzy ...

The nine worst affected areas are predicted to see rates rise above 50 per cent by 2035, meaning the majority of children ...

• Both NEP 2020 and NCFSE 2023 recommend using the mother tongue in early education, especially at the foundational stage, up to the age of eight years. “Since children learn concepts most rapidly and ...

Doncaster, Stockton-on-Tees, and Walsall are among the areas where obesity prevalence has climbed above 33.3 per cent in 2023/24.

Doncaster, Stockton-on-Tees, and Walsall are among the areas where obesity prevalence has climbed above 33.3 per cent in 2023/24. Just five years prior, these areas, along with others like Durham ...

For the first time in over a decade, American obesity rates showed a slight decline in 2023. Nationally, obesity rates fell from 46 percent in 2022 to 45.6 percent in 2023.

Benjamin Rader, PhD, MPH, from Boston Children’s Hospital, and colleagues examined national trends in BMI and obesity among U.S. adults between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2023.

The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday. The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that ...

The researchers found that the prevalence of adult obesity in the U.S. decreased from 46% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023.

Data on almost 17 million adults nationwide showed the obesity rate -- which has been rising for years -- fell from 46.2% of adults in 2021 to 45.6% in 2023, Harvard University researchers report.

The average BMI then plateaued in 2022, before taking a slight dip in 2023. The overall prevalence of obesity also declined slightly, from 44.11% in 2022 to 43.96% in 2023.