New research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12–15 May) shows that living ...

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Nutrition, offers new ...

Childhood obesity is linked to lower chances of earning more than one’s parents in adulthood. Researchers used long-term data ...

New research from the University of Toronto suggests that children who drink whole-fat milk in early childhood may have lower ...

The 2025 data showed 18.6% of kindergarteners are obese, and an obesity rate of 26.7% of third graders. Those rates reflect a ...

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center and LSU AgCenter have partnered to expand the reach of the Pennington Generation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The effects of childhood obesity can have negative impacts into adulthood if left untreated. Fox advises ...

A growing body of research is shedding light on a lesser-known risk in childhood obesity, fat accumulation in the pancreas.

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, ...

Children who experience obesity are substantially less likely to move up the economic ladder as adults. A recent paper ...

The report was based on body mass index measurements from nearly 4,600 students from 49 schools in 15 counties.

Why childhood obesity is becoming a cause for concern in a country that now ranks second globally for kids who are overweight ...