Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence of obesity more than doubled in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021. If trends continue, in most U.S.

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

Obesity rates among Black children rose significantly, with disparities linked to social determinants of health and environmental factors. Food insecurity, prevalent in low-income communities, ...

Childhood and adolescent obesity rates have increased since 2011, with a notable rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among Black and Hispanic youth. Contributing factors include food ...

Over half of adults and a third of kids and teens around the world will have overweight or obesity by 2050, according to two reports using data on 204 countries and territories. If observed trends ...

While undernutrition remains a significant concern among children under 5 in most low- and middle-income countries, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among school-aged children ...

The prevalence of obesity among adults has slightly decreased in the United States but remains higher than 10 years ago, new federal data shows. Among adults aged 20 and older, about 40.3% were ...

The fastest and highest growth in the prevalence of childhood obesity in England has been among 11-15 year olds, rising from 30% in 1995 to 38% in 2019, finds a detailed analysis of national data, ...

In a recent study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, researchers analyzed increases in socioeconomic and racial disparities in childhood overweight and adiposity in England from 1995 ...