A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...

New research from the University of Birmingham and Aston University has found that putting lower-calorie meal choices at the ...

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse ...

Three weeks ago, we received a fascinating email about walking, running, bicycling and other ways of leading active lives. The email was from Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Healthy Communities, which ...

as they push for a more "holistic education" amid growing concerns about the rise in childhood obesity. Primary and secondary schools must ensure physical education teachers are treated "the same as ...

The tragedies vividly remind us how lead, a neurotoxin, can still present in communities and silently undermine our children’s health. Societal exposures date well back, with evidence in the ...

Achieving obesity remission reduced children’s and teens’ risk for developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia ...

Online (child sexual abuse) is more prevalent than other major childhood public health problems like asthma, obesity and ADHD — and we can protect children if we treat it in a similar way ...

Underweight children may experience different health issues. That is why it is important to include some weight gain foods for kids in their diet. You may know about the ideal weight your child should ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...