It’s important to help our kids maintain a healthy weight. But sometimes well-intentioned interventions can cause more harm ...

In the United States, one in five children are obese. Obesity is a chronic disease with many contributing factors; family history, access to healthy foods, hormonal and metabolic conditions ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A deep learning model can predict the risk for obesity for young children using only routinely collected electronic health record (EHR) data, according to ...

As optimism for GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss has grown, so too has their use in children. Currently, liraglutide ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related ...

Overweight and obesity means weighing more than what is thought to be ... BMI is calculated differently for children than adults. The growth of children age 2 to 19 years is monitored using additional ...

Pulling children away from junk food and excessive screen time can feel challenging. However, involving them in cooking ...

NEW figures released by the NHS have revealed obesity rates in children across the country, which remain higher than at any other period on record. New NHS data shows 22.1 per cent of children in Year ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has thoughts about the food dyes used in Canada’s Froot Loops vs. the American version of the cereal.