The scientific literature already contains robust evidence that obesity, whether maternal or paternal, can lead to metabolic ...

Obese children as young as six could benefit from taking weight-loss jabs, researchers suggest. About a third of children leaving primary school aged 11 are overweight or living with obesity, ...

A new study suggests that a father’s obesity before conception may affect how his future children process sugar and store fat ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Childhood trauma can increase a kid’s risk of ...

What dosing adjustments should be made to medications in children who are morbidly obese and weigh as much as an adult? Should I stop at the maximum dose for a child of “normal” weight? —Judy Snow, MS ...

For the first time, more school-age children and adolescents worldwide are obese than underweight, according to U.N. findings - a trend driven in large part by a rapid increase in obesity among young ...

For the first time, there are more children in the world who are obese than underweight, according to a major study by children's charity Unicef. Around one in 10 of those aged between five and 19 ...

Children who own a smartphone by age 12 are at higher risk of depression, obesity and lack of sleep, according to a new study published in the Pediatrics journal. Researchers compared kids who owned a ...

Concurrent with the global obesity epidemic, there is an increasing number of people of all ages developing chronic kidney disease associated with obesity. In adults, the definition of obesity is a ...