The World Health Organization has classified obesity as a chronic disease and determined that it is reaching epidemic proportions globally. Closer to home, the state Department of Health says ...

The increasing trends of blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents pose great concern for the burden of hypertension-related cardiovascular disease. Although primary hypertension in childhood is ...

Increased sedentary time as a child through adolescence is directly linked to childhood obesity, but new research has found light physical activity may completely reverse the adverse process.

Childhood obesity is a long-term health condition that develops when a child’s weight is above the healthy range for their age, height, and sex. According to Mayo Clinic, doctors define it as having a ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

Fatty liver disease is not restricted to adults, and its incidence in children and adolescents is continuously increasing.

Exercise is a tool for both obesity and depression. Patients need the right kind of help to take advantage of it.

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 ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

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 ...