TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight. Childhood obesity reflects our modern ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood obesity affect long-term physical, emotional, and mental health. The CDC ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

The issue of whether parents whose children are obese should be charged with neglect has fueled debate and generated controversial court cases, but, according to an article published this week in BMJ, ...

What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population to develop overweight or obesity by 2035. However, treatment ...

Obesity in children has become a common issue these days. With the change in lifestyle and parenting styles unhealthy amounts ...

An AHA report shows 2023 heart and stroke deaths declined, yet both still lead U.S. mortality as major risks like ...

The study in the British Medical Journal looked at 24,000 children. Why are more children becoming obese by medical standards and what effect could their moms have? That's what researchers in a new ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Four out of ten kids in Kent County are overweight or obese, according to a new study. The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report, which drew its conclusions from the medical ...