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

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

More than a third of 10 and 11-year-olds in Plymouth are either obese or overweight. One in five year six children in the city (20.2%) were obese in the 2023/24 academic year, according to the ...

Childhood obesity, fueled by sedentary lifestyles and sugary diets, is driving a surge in type 2 diabetes among children.

They have become an integral part of everyone’s lives including children. While most parents are aware of the dangers of too much screen time, research has found a strong link between prolonged screen ...

Obesity among children leaving primary school in England has fallen for the third year in a row, figures show. New NHS data shows 22.1% of children in Year 6 (aged 10 to 11) were obese in 2023/24 ...

How Limiting New Fast-Food Outlets May Reduce Childhood Obesity Oct. 23, 2024 — Planning policies to restrict the number of new fast-food outlets leads to fewer overweight and obese children ...

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 ...

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 ...

Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years ...