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

Surprisingly, places like South America, North Africa, and the Middle East will be severely affected.

Healthy food is important for children, but what they drink also matters. Dr. Leana Wen explains what health and nutrition ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and ...

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 ...

A recent study predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults (3.8 billion people) and one-third of all children ...

Ireland has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe, with one in five children and over 60% of adults living with ...

Children with obesity and specific comorbidities, including hypertension and type 2 diabetes, have increased risk for almost every skin condition.

The administration is reviewing a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule that would expand coverage to Medicare and Medicaid recipients ...

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive ...

Childhood obesity is rising at an alarming rate across India, and experts warn that the country lacks comprehensive data to ...