ACTG, a global clinical trials network focused on HIV and other infectious diseases, today presented data demonstrating that ...

Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

Obesity is a growing global health crisis, affecting millions of people and increasing the risk of chronic diseases like ...

A new screening intervention in the primary care setting can improve the identification and management of obesity risk in pediatric patients, according to a poster presented at the National ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases ...

Why some health groups are banding together to push for a range of obesity-care options in workplace-sponsored insurance.

Human GWAS paradoxically linked FTO SNPs to both lean mass and sarcopenia/obesity. Here, Guang et al used CRISPR-edited stem cells to reveal that an obesogenic FTO SNP accelerates both muscle ...

"It will be important in future research to investigate why some adults in the home are not adequately protective of children, and to discuss potential primary prevention interventions that can ...

and is crucial for the precise identification of early-risk groups for CRC, particularly in the prevention of CRC, especially targeted toward the elderly.” ...

Understanding these connections could play a crucial role in cancer prevention and public health strategies. Genes store the instructions for how the body functions, but they can be damaged by ...

Increasing access to these effective evidence-based treatments would benefit our society as a whole, not just those impacted ...