NHS figures show that obesity levels among young children are rising and it's having a 'major impact ' on their health.

Charles Fermor, the co-founder of children’s snack brand Freddie’s Farm, calls for more support from the UK Government in ...

CHILDREN as young as ten have had hip replacements on the NHS because they are so fat, shock figures show. They are going under the knife as childhood obesity levels soar, with one in three now ...

Greaux Healthy—a public service initiative powered by Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in partnership with the State of ...

Signposting Children to Weight Management Services ... New Insights Into the Biology and Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed ...

A child dribbles a basketball at a recreation center in D.C. on June 21. (Allison Robbert/The Washington Post) The Trump administration has promised that addressing childhood obesity will be a key ...

Researchers found that high fructose intake, especially from processed foods, is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

In the US, the lifetime medical costs of treating a 10-year-old who has obesity — classified as having a BMI over the 95th percentile of their age — are up to $20,000 more than for a child at a normal ...

Additionally, maternal BMI was positively correlated with both the child’s birth weight and their BMI, highlighting potential genetic influences in obesity risk. Breastfeeding trends ...