Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United ...

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are deeply interconnected. Yet, many diabetes prevention programs fail to adequately treat ...

A Yale study found that lowering parent stress can help protect young children from obesity. When parents practiced ...

In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 ...

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food ...

New research from the University of Wyoming reveals that the brain cells that control hunger may be far more adaptable during ...

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about ...

Obesity is now an epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. Nationwide, roughly nine million children over six years of age are obese—with elevated risks of both health conditions, ...

Short-term obesity prevention interventions for children can be effective if carefully and thoroughly planned, implemented, monitored and regularly evaluated. Trials with long-term follow-up are ...

Prevention policies and budgets must be protected and aligned with the expansion of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, argue Kent Buse and colleagues The World Obesity Federation has welcomed the World Health ...

This article is authored by Kirti Ganorkar, managing director, Sun Pharma.

Mexico is among many countries that have experienced a rapid increase over the past two decades in the proportion of children and adolescents with excessive weight. In the decade between the First ...