Dr. Cheryl Kendall discusses urgent pediatric health concerns, offering solutions for childhood obesity and digital addiction ...

Children with obesity have increased rates of dermatologic conditions, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in ...

Treatment for Children With Obesity Has Lasting Effect Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of ...

What is the definition of childhood obesity? Obesity affects more than 14 million children in the US. Typically, in adults, ...

Ozempic and similar drugs are popular with consumers for their weight-loss properties, but a new study suggests they could have a harmful side effect that impairs vision. The review, published in ...

As noted, food is important. (Also, food-like products are important.) Food generates massive profits for corporations like ...

Obesity is a chronic disease with many contributing factors, including family history, access to healthy foods, hormonal and metabolic conditions and even environmental factors such as how “walkable” ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...

Pediatric obesity, specifically obesity class II but not class I, was associated with an increased risk for multiple sclerosis.

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President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they will be studying the "threat" to children posed by ...

About 20% of children in the U.S. have obesity, according to CDC data. Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava, the medical director of obesity medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said obesity ...