The World Health Organization (WHO) sees obesity as one of the greatest challenges for public health in the 21st century. The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) has now ...

Exclusive: Almost half of GPs have seen children up to the age of seven who have obesity, research finds ...

Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional scientists at the University of Leeds. Researchers from ...

While undernutrition remains a significant concern among children under 5 in most low- and middle-income countries, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among school-aged children ...

Higher rates of death among younger Australians from cardiovascular disease has been linked to being overweight or obese, a ...

Obesity rates are forecast to skyrocket within the next quarter of a century, with a third of the world’s children and adolescents expected to be overweight or obese by 2050. Significant increases are ...

CHICAGO and WASHINGTON, D.C. – SymphonyIRI Group, Inc., formerly named Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced today new research that reveals a surprising ...

KENT COUNTY, MI – Four in 10 Kent County children were identified as overweight or obese in a new local report on childhood obesity. That’s higher than the statewide average of 32.6% of Michigan ...

The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of millions of children across the globe qualified as overweight or obese in 2022. According to the WHO, in 2022 37 million children under the age ...

The first five years of a child's life may be key to preventing overweight and obesity in years to come, say the authors of new research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity ...

Childhood obesity is growing fast in India as poor diet and sedentary habits increase risks like depression and fatty liver.