Your child’s waist size might reveal hidden health risks long before the scales do.

What if your toddler's chubby belly wasn't just "baby fat" that would disappear, but an early warning sign for serious health ...

The first five years of a child's life may be key to preventing overweight and obesity in years to come, say the authors of ...

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

Individuals who lived with obesity as children are less likely to be in work or studying in their mid-20s than their peers, ...

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 ...

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

Several areas of the brain, including regions that play a critical role in learning and memory and in the control of emotions ...

Childhood obesity increases a person’s risk of weight discrimination People were 2.8 times more likely to experience weight ...

A new study published in Human Reproduction reveals that diets rich in vegetables, legumes, and whole grains can delay the ...

Children born to mothers with obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy have higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure than children born to mothers without ...