Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The figures were published in a 114-page report, published by Unicef, entitled “Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing ...

Managing parents’ stress significantly reduces the risks of obesity in young children, according to a new study. View on ...

By 2040 there will be more children who are overweight than not for the first time in history, a new report has found.View on euronews ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in children—but it is not just obesity driving the costs. New research from the ...

(CNN) — More school-age children and adolescents are now obese than underweight, a new report from the United Nations’ children’s agency, UNICEF, has revealed, with 188 million young people affected.

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WDTV/Gray News) - A woman in West Virginia has been arrested and charged after a “severely underweight” 11-year-old girl died in her care. Shannon Robinson, 51, was booked into jail ...