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 ...

Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.

Obesity medication prescriptions reached 1.5 million, driven by GLP-1 agents semaglutide and tirzepatide, as public interest ...

Young boys who ate a greater proportion of ultraprocessed foods were more likely to develop overweight or obesity by age 5 years, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.“Ultraprocessed ...

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, driven by rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and high ...

A positive response to treatment for pediatric obesity has enduring health benefits into young adulthood, according t ...

Experts offer a variety of policy solutions to the childhood obesity crisis. Many are drawn from the anti-tobacco playbook — ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

Florida and Georgia, with some of the lowest reported minimum vaccination rates for kindergartners, allow parents to exempt their children by submitting a form with the child’s school or day care.

Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said. Ten years ago Gateshead Council used all the planning powers available at ...