A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centered approach, ...

The stakes are crystal clear as nearly one-third of New York's children are obese of overweight, state lawmakers noted, ...

McMaster researchers identified six early-life factors that influence obesity risk in South Asian children. The study ...

“Currently, there is little research on childhood obesity prevention for children of migrant and seasonal agriculture worker families.” ⇒ Explore the research taking place at the UTSA College for ...

Particularly troubling is the speed at which childhood obesity is increasing — a trend that poses long-term risks to the ...

Given the current national call-to-action to address childhood obesity in both schools ... All authors read and approved the final manuscript. 1 Obesity Prevention Program, Department of ...

Augusta University professor's research will focus on providing free or low-cost after-school care for children with cardiovascular risk factors.

The statistics are staggering – according to the CDC, 19.7% of young people aged 2-19 suffer from obesity – but the solution, ...

The bill, also known as the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act ... the increasingly urgent need to combat rising rates of childhood obesity. For children ages 2 to 18, obesity is having a body ...

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

On April 14, the NHC made further move by announcing to add the nationwide weight management campaign to its Healthy China ...