The Trump administration has promised that addressing childhood obesity will be a key part of its “Make America Healthy Again ...

Pediatric obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of iron deficiency but not a higher prevalence of iron deficiency anemia.

KUWAIT: A study published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal in 2022 reveals that the prevalence of overweight children under five years old in Kuwait reached 10.78 percent between 2016 and ...

More than 150,000 people in the UK have MS, a devastating chronic immune disease that can cause problems with sight, writing, ...

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, now affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide. In response to this growing crisis, nine EU-backed projects have joined forces leading to the formation of ...

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health care professional works with the family to help children lose weight by ...

The analysis included 6,713 participants in the Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (aged 6 to 17 years at baseline) who were receiving at least one year of obesity treatment and followed ...

The rising prevalence of childhood obesity, especially post-Covid 19 pandemic, has emerged as a significant health concern. With prolonged periods of inactivity during lockdowns and increased ...

The county council is expanding its health and wellbeing programmes for children and families. This is to help tackle childhood obesity and support children to get active and stay healthy. Almost ...

5 Could they be equally useful in the treatment of younger people with obesity? Yes, says Julian Hamilton-Shield, professor in diabetes and medical endocrinology at the University of Bristol. “It’s ...