America gets supersized as obesity rates spike in both children and adults - Rising obesity rates have been tied to a more ...

Babies exposed to higher levels of neurotoxin more likely to have difficulty controlling impulses later, research shows ...

In 1970, about 1 in 20 children were affected by obesity; today, it's 1 in 5. Dr. Jonathan LaPook looks at programs aimed at helping kids (and their families) get healthy the old-fashioned way, by ...

More than 3,000 genetic variants influence a person’s susceptibility to weight gain. That inherited risk has become even more ...

The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report. The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and ...

What dosing adjustments should be made to medications in children who are morbidly obese and weigh as much as an adult? Should I stop at the maximum dose for a child of “normal” weight? —Judy Snow, MS ...

With access to unhealthy food soaring and physical activity levels declining, the World Obesity Federation predicts that between 2020 and 2035, Europe and Central Asia will experience a 61% increase ...

A landmark Indian study has uncovered a startling reality - children who begin life battling undernutrition are increasingly ...

It's no secret that childhood obesity is a problem in the US. Over 2 million American kids are considered "super obese." As a dietitian I have seen and counseled several severely obese children and ...

Children in India are facing two contrasting forms of malnutrition at the same time, according to a new study that found ...

Concurrent with the global obesity epidemic, there is an increasing number of people of all ages developing chronic kidney disease associated with obesity. In adults, the definition of obesity is a ...

The issue of whether parents whose children are obese should be charged with neglect has fueled debate and generated controversial court cases, but, according to an article published this week in BMJ, ...