Obesity represents one of the most significant health challenges of our time, affecting millions of people worldwide and contributing to numerous chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease, ...

In the United States, obesity continues to be a serious public health concern; approximately 1 in 5 children and 2 in 5 adults are affected. The CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and ...

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children's Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about ...

Obesity is a growing global health crisis, affecting millions of people and increasing the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. However, the good news is that obesity is ...

Obesity prevention strategies often focus on diet, but eating behaviors also play a key role. In a recent study, researchers from Japan investigated factors influencing meal duration, including sex ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United States is affected by obesity. Research has shown obesity often begins in ...

A major European review finds that childhood obesity prevention must begin before conception, addressing both parents’ health and the social systems shaping family behaviours. Study: First 1000 Days ...

SAN ANTONIO — The upcoming Obesity Week meeting will feature new clinical trial data for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) drugs, along with deep dives into clinical, social, and ...

Parent-focused interventions for preventing obesity in toddlers were not effective, a meta-analysis showed. Most key secondary outcomes also did not improve; however, children in the intervention ...

Though most people tend to think of obesity as the product of sloth and gluttony, opens new tab, most of us accept as “biological” the fact that fatter parents tend to have fatter children. But the ...

Mexico is among many countries that have experienced a rapid increase over the past two decades in the proportion of children and adolescents with excessive weight. In the decade between the First ...

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about ...