Palo Alto, California-based Kurbo Health, which is developing a mobile-enabled program aimed at preventing childhood obesity, announced that it plans to monetize the program as a subscription-based ...

A federally funded systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 childhood obesity-prevention programs (with 20 discrete interventions) in high-income countries has found: Programs that promoted healthy ...

HealthDay News — Obesity prevention interventions in children can be effective, according to a review published online first in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Elizabeth Waters, MPH, ...

Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically over ...

During the program evaluators’ session, a number of themes emerged regarding actions that hold promise for improving the ability of evaluators to measure the progress and outcomes of community-based ...

Existing approaches to behavioral programs targeted at parents with children up to age 12 months and that aim to combat childhood obesity are insufficient to improve body mass index (BMI) at ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated ...

A meta-analysis of 17 trials including over 9,000 toddlers found no evidence that parent-focused early childhood obesity prevention programs have an impact on young children's BMI. Authors say their ...

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute announced a new program that will be aimed at reducing childhood obesity. The initiative was introduced at a Wednesday afternoon news ...

A team of public health officials, school nursing staff and volunteers measured the heights and weights of more than 4,500 elementary school students across New Mexico in the fall. That data, ...