Childhood overweight and obesity are a growing public health challenge in South Africa. In 2016, 13% of the country's ...

Although there is no specific regulation of marketing to children in South Africa, the Consumer Protection Act 58 of 2008 has ...

Platos Health, a healthtech company with global headquarters in Amsterdam and African headquarters in Lagos, has launched Platos Body Monitor in more than 300 pharmacies, including Medplus, Justrite ...

I worry about how these changes, which are occurring at the age of 13 or 14, might affect them later in life,” the study’s lead author said.

A new U.S. government study that provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, defined as cancer diagnosed before age 50, has reported that the largest increase are in breast, ...

As new figures show how obesity is rising among children and teenagers, doctors debate if weight loss jabs are the answer ...

Adolescents with abdominal obesity have larger brain regions linked to memory and emotional control, potentially due to ...

“Our study found that restricting the eating window to 8 hours at any time of the day for 3 months can result in significant weight loss for at least a year,” said lead author Dr. Alba ...

Growing rates of type 2 diabetes across the African content offer scientists hope of creating new, more inclusive treatments.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed worry about rising cases of overweight and obesity in children. Mr Joseph ...

Angela Hwang spent nearly three decades at Pfizer before joining Flagship Pioneering in 2025 as a CEO-partner and the CEO of ...

A hard-won recovery in sub-Saharan Africa has been overtaken by recent events. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy ...