New research confirms why two-year-old children shouldn't be given a bottle to help them get to sleep at bedtime.

Adequate breastfeeding (BF) and avoidance of sugary beverages in early life may reduce the risk for preadolescent ob ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent obesity from becoming the global norm.

Children who do not drink mother's milk can become obese. On the other hand, the weight of children who drink mother's milk for 6 months was found to be normal. They were found to be more agile than ...

Digital health interventions were associated with small positive effects on anthropometric measures among children with obesity.

As one of the world's most popular fruits, apples provide both nutrition and health benefits. Eating apples may help with ...

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture. For Palestinians, it’s a regular way of life. Palestinian children and journalists ...

F or decades, this was the widely accepted way to feed a baby: Sit them in a high chair, pop open a jar of mushy pureed peas, ...

But taxpayers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit will need to wait a bit longer. “By law, we can’t issue EITC or ACTC refunds before mid-February ...

Hall's study relies on 24/7 measurements of patients, rather than self-reported data, to investigate whether ultraprocessed ...

In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods.