Tom Hanks’ daughter, E.A. Hanks, is opening up about her harrowing childhood in a new memoir. E.A. (whose initials stand for ...

Childhood obesity is a formidable public health challenge in the US, posing a risk of various downstream health issues for ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that ...

We know that kids of color have worse outcomes in school in America. And kids in low income areas. And kids who don’t speak ...

Compared to men with an average childhood BMI trajectory, risks of COPD were 7 per cent higher for men with an above-average ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with ...

A new study links childhood overweight and obesity to higher COPD risk, stressing early weight management for lung health.

Since 2014, the Mexican government has taken steps to address the overweight and obesity epidemic. That year, it launched ...

While smoking is a major risk factor for COPD, other risk factors like environmental, occupational, and early life factors ...

New research has revealed that alarming link between childhood obesity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adulthood ...

shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood. The study is by Frida ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...