Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The effects of childhood obesity can have negative impacts into adulthood if left untreated. Fox advises ...

Something striking just happened in global nutrition: As of 2025, children worldwide are now more likely to be obese than underweight. According to UNICEF’s new Child Nutrition Report, about 9.4 ...

An estimated 114 million children have high blood pressure, with childhood obesity rates driving cases of the condition.

Childhood obesity is a growing global crisis, with projections indicating over 250 million affected by 2030. This epidemic ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

These figures come as the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that, globally, 37 million children below five are ...

Stressed obese woman at the doctor's office talking about her health problems 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 ...

Child and adolescent obesity is soaring in Polynesia and there is no quick fix, according to an eminent Pacific health leader ...