Over the past two decades, there has been an alarming, unprecedented increase in childhood and adolescent obesity and at-risk-of obesity 1 that has reached epidemic proportions. This increase has ...

Healthy food in schools could shape children's diets for life, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, as it released new global guidance aimed at improving what children eat during the school ...

While scientific studies about obesity and general health are on the rise, a new analysis has determined that more studies ...

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 ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United States is affected by obesity. Research has shown obesity often begins in ...

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

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is working to prevent and treat childhood obesity in the state through its Greaux Healthy Initiative. Louisiana has the ...

Mexico is among many countries that have experienced a rapid increase over the past two decades in the proportion of children and adolescents with excessive weight. In the decade between the First ...