The current state of cardiovascular health globally is significantly influenced by both environmental and metabolic factors, which interplay complexly to ...

High consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing high levels of added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium is associated with obesity in early childhood, especially in boys.

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

Objective To investigate the correlation between caregivers’ health-related behaviours and the prevalence of ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto are sounding the alarm about the high consumption of ultra-processed foods among preschool-aged children in Canada and its association with obesity development ...

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, according to an annual report from ...

Experts offer a variety of policy solutions to the childhood obesity crisis. Many are drawn from the anti-tobacco playbook — ...

Other data sources referenced in this chapter include the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey as well as region-specific surveys. Because there is no one data source for obesity among all First Nations, ...

The county council is expanding its health and wellbeing programmes for children and families. This is to help tackle childhood obesity and support children to get active and stay healthy. Almost ...