Researchers at the University of Toronto are sounding the alarm about the high consumption of ultra-processed foods among preschool-aged children in Canada and its association with obesity development ...

Obesity is a nutritional diseases, one of the most significant of the 21st century, that has grown to epidemic proportions. Overweight and obesity, once considered a problem in high-income countries, ...

The medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Healthy Weight Initiative is sharing prevention tips and how to help ...

Eaten when a boy is aged three, these kinds of products were linked to obesity by the time the child reached five.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made disputed claims before the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the W.H.O. Winter health woes from the dangerous ...

Children with obesity who are diagnosed with cancer may have poorer health outcomes including a higher risk of death, ...

This often occurs in the setting of a cold where a virus or bacteria infects the space behind the ear drum causing a build-up ...

Jake Steinberg is a graphics producer at the Minnesota Star Tribune focusing on cartography and visual storytelling. Mark Boswell is Deputy News Graphics Director at the Minnesota Star Tribune and ...

Background: Asthma and obesity are both characterized by inflammation ... Sample size was calculated based on pilot data examining serum ceramide/dihydroceramide ratio in children. We needed 90 ...

Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

With a rumoured BMI of over 29, at the time, the 35-year-old mother-of-three and body-positive activist was hovering on the cusp of obesity ... up and play with your children and grandchildren ...