Childhood obesity is growing fast in India as poor diet and sedentary habits increase risks like depression and fatty liver.

While there are no specific symptoms of childhood obesity, doctors define obesity by body mass index (BMI) according to the weight and height of a person. Childhood obesity can put a child at risk of ...

Editor's Note: The March issue of Health Affairs is a thematic issue focusing on the child obesity epidemic and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Two days after the issue and an ...

One in 10 reception children and more than a fifth in Year 6 (22.2%) are now living with obesity, according to new figures. Excluding the pandemic, this is the highest number seen for reception ...

While parents and caregivers play a role in shaping children’s eating patterns, this does not mean they are responsible for childhood obesity. Various factors contribute to obesity, many of which are ...

This Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) details assessment and management of the child with overweight or obesity. The term "child" is defined as the child between 2 ...

The study in the British Medical Journal looked at 24,000 children. Why are more children becoming obese by medical standards and what effect could their moms have? That's what researchers in a new ...

Obesity Canada has published an updated guideline for managing obesity in children and adolescents. An earlier guideline for managing obesity in adults, which was published almost 20 years ago, added ...

There seems to be a connection between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity. Studies suggest that gestational diabetes increases the risk of childhood obesity. Share on Pinterest VlarVix/Getty ...

Racism contributes to childhood obesity, according to a new study that found children as young as 9 were more likely to meet the definition of obesity if they faced racism a year earlier. Though the ...