More than 150,000 people in the UK have MS, a devastating chronic immune disease that can cause problems with sight, writing, ...

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

High ultraprocessed food consumption during early childhood is associated with obesity development, primarily in males.

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.

Eaten when a boy is aged three, these kinds of products were linked to obesity by the time the child reached five.

The county council is expanding its health and wellbeing programmes for children and families. This is to help tackle childhood obesity and support children to get active and stay healthy. Almost ...

Doctors should use their clinical judgment and “intervene as part of the duty of care” if they feel obesity or weight related problems are posing a “significant threat” to a child or young person, the ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the results have effects later in life, and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood.