Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Obesity affects nearly 20% of kids and teens in the U.S. and about 42% of adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The group's guidance takes into consideration that ...

For children ages 12 and up with an obese B.M.I., doctors are encouraged to prescribe weight-loss medications and to offer those over age 13 with severe obesity a referral to a bariatric surgery ...

Today, there are treatments for kids with severe obesity that weren't available to Grace and McLellan growing up. New drugs like semaglutide — approved for weight loss under the brand Wegovy ...

MORE:Drugs, surgery recommended for childhood obesity. These new guidelines are a marked — and needed — shift from the AAP’s previous position on managing obesity in children, made 15 years ago.

For children whose parents receive government-funded health insurance, childhood obesity rates worsened early in the pandemic and then stabilized at the higher level, Jenssen said.

Experts warn that a child’s trajectory is established early in life and the first 1,000 days – from pregnancy through to a ...

Obesity Medicine Specialist Discusses New WW App For Kids NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, who specializes in obesity medicine, about a new app from WW — formerly Weight ...

The research, which was part of a wider study on obesity, focused on 107 children in Sweden, with 64 of the children having a parent who classified as overweight or obese.

A new study has linked a later bedtime with an increased risk of obesity for kids – although the researchers say parents shouldn’t rush to put their preschoolers to sleep earlier as a result.

(CNN) -- A new study has linked a later bedtime with an increased risk of obesity for kids -- although the researchers say parents shouldn't rush to put their preschoolers to sleep earlier as a ...