Healthy diets reduce CV risk factors in overweight children
Cleveland Clinic-led research has found that statistically overweight children who followed a healthy eating pattern significantly...
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Studies report children gained weight during the pandemic
Two US studies have reported that children gained excess weight during the COVID-19 pandemic and the researchers urged policy-makers to...
UK limits junk food advertising to tackle childhood obesity
The UK government will bring in an evening watershed for junk food ads in a move to tackle obesity problem. The move will ban television...
Cuts to children's support centres linked to raise in childhood obesity
Spending cuts to children's support centres (Sure Start) in England have been associated with thousands more children having obesity over...
Girls with obesity have increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood
A study of 92 adolescents conducted in Brazil suggests girls are more likely than boys to develop metabolic alterations associated with...
COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate childhood obesity
COVID-19 and childhood obesity - While much has been written about poor food and lack of physical activity in schools, the data show that...
Higher thrombus risk in men who had obesity in adolescence
Men who had obesity in their late teens are more at risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the leg or lung in adult life, according to a...
Effectively treating adolescents for obesity poses unique challenges
Adolescent obesity is a serious and growing public health problem that threatens both current and future health outcomes, according to an...
Childhood overweight and obesity rates increase for disadvantaged families
Childhood overweight and obesity rates - In Spain, around 41% of children aged 6 to 9 years were overweight and/or had obesity in 2015....
Large variation in the causes of childhood obesity worldwide
Childhood obesity - While childhood obesity rates have plateaued in the US, they continue to climb in countries across East Asia, the...
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