Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, getting their immune systems boosted, teeth cleaned, eyes checked and ...

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

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

High ultraprocessed food consumption during early childhood is associated with obesity development, primarily in males.

Over the past decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions, now affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide.

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 ...

Haley Sipes lost 75 pounds over 10 months with diet and exercise alone. On TikTok, where the 31-year-old mother of three chronicled her weight loss journey, commenters speculated that she was using ...

Ultraprocessed food consumption in preschoolers is associated with increased body fat, particularly in boys, underscoring the ...

Harlem in the ‘Ham will take place Saturday night to raise money for Healthy Happy Kids, the MHERC’s childhood obesity prevention program. The fundraising event at The Fennec will be hosted by the UAB ...

was the most downloaded paper in 2024 from Childhood Obesity, a leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to strategies for obesity prevention and weight management in children and adolescents.

These findings stress the importance of considering environmental influences when designing obesity prevention strategies.Collectively, the 15 manuscripts in this Research Topic offer a comprehensive ...