The medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Healthy Weight Initiative is sharing prevention tips and how to help ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

Signposting Children to Weight Management Services ... specific memory system and its direct role in overeating and diet-induced obesity. They found a specific population of neurons in the mouse ...

The treatment studied involved support for children with obesity and their families designed to motivate healthy diets, ...

Gut microbiota plays a critical role in childhood obesity by influencing energy metabolism, inflammation, and appetite ...

This article will cover the key causes, preventive measures, and available treatments for childhood obesity to help parents, caregivers, and communities better understand how to support children in ...

A variety of factors — from genetics to diet and exercise to where you ... At the same time, the obesity rate among children ages 2 to 19 has steadily risen over the past two decades.

With prolonged periods of inactivity during lockdowns and increased reliance on screen-based activities, children are at an elevated risk of unhealthy weight gain. Also read | Obesity norms for ...

NHS data shows almost one in 10 children joining primary school are obese, rising to 22 per cent ... be a helpful way to get the balance of the diet right for ourselves and our children.

Experts offer a variety of policy solutions to the childhood obesity crisis. Many are drawn from the anti-tobacco playbook — ...

Similarly, if the father’s diet is poor it can be a problem ... kidney and gallbladder problems. Obesity is another problem seen in children whose fathers tend to have poor eating habits.