A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...