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Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio,...

Adolescents who perceive themselves as overweight are three times more likely to consider committing self-harm compared to those who do...

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic...

Using gene therapy, Shriners Children's St. Louis researchers including Director of Research, Dr Farshid Guilak and Senior Scientist Dr...

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

Liraglutide is safe and effective in children aged 6 to <12 years and those who took liraglutide for just over a year experienced a...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) has posted a final recommendation statement on interventions for high body mass index...

Health care professionals (HCPs) are feeling unable to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity due to a lack of training and...

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study...

England experienced the fastest and highest growth in the prevalence of childhood obesity among 11–15-year-olds, rising from 30% in 1995...