Evidence-based treatment options for childhood obesity -- mainly behavioral lifestyle modification -- have been available for more than 15 years in Sweden, Hagman and colleagues noted.

A study led by Washington State University (WSU) has identified possible links between childhood obesity and whether a mother smoked before pregnancy. The study found body mass index (BMI ...

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, specifically to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), may increase the risk of childhood overweight or obesity. This is the conclusion of a large, pan ...

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is working to prevent and treat childhood obesity in the state through its Greaux Healthy Initiative.

A groundbreaking initiative is taking flight in west Louisville, targeted at combating one of the community's most pressing health issues: childhood obesity.

A new analysis of obesity guidelines suggests more evidence is needed to develop stronger guidelines for the transition period between childhood and adulthood.

Ohio lawmakers want to bring back the Presidential Physical Fitness Test to the state's schools. How heavy are Ohio's kids? See the obesity rates.

Remember the one-mile run and pull-ups from the Presidential Physical Fitness Test? Schoolchildren today have never experienced it.

A new initiative to combat childhood obesity in Louisiana will put 35 years of medical research into action by creating tools and programming for children, parents, teachers and primary care ...

A groundbreaking initiative is emerging in west Louisville to combat the area's pressing childhood obesity crisis through innovative community solutions.

NodThera Charts Obesity Future with First Patients Dosed in Phase 2 RESOLVE-1 Trial of Oral NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitor NT-0796 Pioneering small-molecule program, NT-0796, targets chronic ...