Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and ...

A recent study shows that traditional insulin resistance measures such as HOMA-IR are more predictive of insulin resistance ...

Most children ... obesity in children and adolescents, a researcher reported in a study published in Obesity and Endocrinology. “Considering that obesity is a disease of excess fat rather than ...

In Canada, about 1 in 4 children aged 11 years or younger and 1 in 3 adolescents aged 12–17 years have an elevated body mass index, suggesting overweight or obesity.

However, 20.8% of children who were a healthy weight in reception moved into a higher BMI category by year six. This included 12.3% becoming overweight, 6.8% developing obesity, and 1.7% reaching ...

Surgical interventions can also be used to manage obesity among children. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y ...