A Yale study found that lowering parent stress can help protect young children from obesity. When parents practiced mindfulness and stress-management skills, their kids showed healthier eating ...

In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met the clinical ...

Obesity has long been thought of as a problem that mostly affects adults, but increasingly it is children who are bearing the burden of this health crisis. M-Pesa remained the key driver of revenue ...

Childhood obesity is no longer a distant concern. Once seen as a Western health issue, it is now becoming increasingly common in India due to sedentary lifestyles, calorie-rich diets, and excessive ...

Dr Greenyer added: "This is why clinical assessment matters if you're concerned about your child's weight." Alongside changes ...

Relationship between mother’s and father’s BMI and offspring BMI by survey sweep estimated by phenotypic linear regression and Mendelian randomization. A new study finds that kids with obesity are ...

A study using a nationally representative survey of parents in England, to be presented at this year's European Congress on ...

Childhood obesity in India is no longer unusual. Poor eating habits, increased junk food intake and lack of physical activity are pushing more children into being overweight, and the effects go beyond ...

According to the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), one in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is obese Young children may gain weight early due to their genetics, and ...

Hundreds of four-year-olds among ‘extremely overweight’ patients at 39 specialist centres since 2021 ...