A new report reveals a stark rise in childhood obesity rates across England, with projections showing that more than 40% of children will be affected by 2035. Nine areas of the country, including ...

For the first time, more children worldwide are living with obesity than undernutrition. The shift indicates childhood malnutrition has entered a new phase, one that the world is ill-equipped to ...

A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centred approach, emphasizing behavioural and psychological supports that focus on outcomes ...

Ah, summer. Wide-open hours to ride your bike, climb trees, stay away until dinner. How last century is that? These days the kids are inside, staring at the tube or hunkered over a computer game, ...

Parent-focused interventions for preventing obesity in toddlers were not effective, a meta-analysis showed. Most key secondary outcomes also did not improve; however, children in the intervention ...

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Large food portions for children may be fuelling Britain’s obesity crisis, with more than a third of parents making youngsters always finish their meals, nutritionists have warned. A new poll for the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Camp Jump Start is a traditional coed summer camp designed for overweight children ages 10 to 17 who want to lose weight. It is a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic not only disrupted children's education, recreation, and social lives, but it also increased the ...