BENGALURU: Karnataka’s proposal to ban the sale of junk food in school and hospital canteens has been welcomed by public health experts, who said it could help ...

A new calculation could be more accurate than BMI and could change how we measure obesity.

How Italian children have become some of the most overweight in Europe ...

The rising incidence of anemia and overweight has been identified as a serious public health problem worldwide, especially ...

Adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are increasingly using popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alone or in conjunction with ...

Binge eating disorder is the one of most misunderstood eating disorders, experts say. Here, mental health pros separate fact ...

Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and teeth, but there's more to the story. Researchers at FIU discovered a powerful connection between vitamin D and gut health, especially in growing children.

New research being presented at the International Congress on Obesity (ICO2026), hosted by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) ...

Three weeks ago, I watched two children on a packed Southern Railway train mainline a mountain of junk food. Under the ...

Screening children for scoliosis is worth an extra minute in a well-child visit, especially during preteen and teen growth ...

The UK’s obesity crisis has been a topic of debate and concern for decades. Almost to the point that we no longer hear it, or pay attention. But can we afford, as a nation, to be blasé about the issue ...

Children as young as six could use weight-loss drugs to tackle obesity, research has suggested. Experts analysed the results of nine studies involving 756 children whose ages ranged from six to 17 and ...