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

Family-based treatment for obesity conducted in the paediatrician’s office resulted in improved weight-loss outcomes for the treated...

Overweight boys tend to have lower testicular volume, putting them at risk for infertility in adulthood, according to a German study that...

Childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes, according...

Research from Queen Mary University of London, UK, has indicated that an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity - the first to...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published its first comprehensive guidance in 15 years that highlights more evidence than...

Over three quarters of acute NHS trusts in England (77%) do not have a child weight management service, despite being responsible for...

Using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the US, researchers have found that higher...

Changes in blood fats and other markers of heart health and diabetes are detectable from the age of six in children who have overweight....

Outcomes from the Healthy Nevada Project have found associations between genetics, obesity and childhood trauma, linking social health...