New research being presented at the International Congress on Obesity (ICO2026), hosted by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) ...

OBESE kids as young as six could benefit from taking weight-loss jabs, promising new research suggests. Specialist NHS ...

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in obesity, comes a rise in health risks. However, obesity can be broken down ...

America gets supersized as obesity rates spike in both children and adults - Rising obesity rates have been tied to a more sedentary lifestyle and ultraprocessed diet ...

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI cutoff—has become a "public health emergency." Reading time 4 minutes Many Americans ...

You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to know that America’s children have a weight problem. In the classroom and on the playground, across socioeconomic and racial groups, kids have been getting ...

Fatty liver has become the most common chronic liver disease in children and adolescents worldwide, affecting about 5-10% of ...

Clinicians are encouraged to screen all children from 6 to 18 years of age for obesity by making body mass index (BMI) measurement part of usual care, according to new draft recommendations on ...

A mom’s health and lifestyle can affect her child’s future risk of obesity Children whose moms were obese are 3 to 4 times more likely to be obese themselves in adulthood Children of moms who smoke ...

It's no secret that childhood obesity is a problem in the US. Over 2 million American kids are considered "super obese." As a dietitian I have seen and counseled several severely obese children and ...

Everyone’s taste buds are different. That’s why some people can swallow the spiciest peppers while others have no fondness for sweet desserts (gasp!). Now a recent study suggests that taste-bud ...

ICMR-NIN unveils a policy roadmap to combat childhood obesity in India, targeting 41 million overweight children with ...