Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for ... that nearly 880 million adults and 159 million children lived with obesity in 2022, with 43 per cent of adults being classified ...

By the mid-2000s, he began shifting his focus toward public health, taking on obesity and criticizing harmful practices by Big Agriculture. However, he also took a hard turn toward conspiracy theories ...

The development of drug treatments for obesity in adults has raised questions about treatment of childhood obesity. Image credit: PeopleImages.com – Yuri A The prevalence of obesity has increased ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the ...

Excess body weight includes the terms ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity.’ Having excess body weight is clearly linked to an overall increased risk of cancer. According to research from the American Cancer ...

A genetic study of childhood obesity in about 6,400 school-going children aged 9-18 years has found that socioeconomic status significantly modulates the inherent genetic susceptibility to obesity.

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...

Children with obesity at cancer diagnosis had poorer survival. Researchers observed the strongest associations for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and central nervous system tumors.

High ultraprocessed food (UPF) consumption during early childhood is associated with obesity development, primarily ...