Four in 10 Kent County children were identified as overweight or obese in a new local report on childhood obesity. That’s ...

Risks for obesity, research shows, begin in the womb. And how a baby eats and sleeps in infancy can go a long way in reversing the problem. “We’re learning that factors that occur at early ...

Some babies are born at weights considered greater than "normal" for full-term newborns. Anthropologist Barbara J. King explores whether babies... For babies carried to full term, birth weight is ...

New UK regulations restricting junk food advertising aimed at children have come into force, banning online ads for several ...

Kent County's first Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report reveals 40% of local children are overweight or obese.

New parents know one of their most important jobs is to make sure their babies are getting enough to eat. But a growing body of research finds early eating and feeding practices can mean the ...

The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report, which drew its conclusions from the medical records of Corewell Health patients ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies of obese mothers tend to be born with more fat, especially around their middles, than babies with leaner mothers, according to a new study. “There are differences in ...

The performance of asthma severity scores, in terms of reliability and responsiveness, differs between children with obesity ...

A starkly practice by mothers exposing their babies, infants to excessive fat accumulation at their growing stage has raised the risk of obesity. The obsession for rolls of fat on the legs, arms and ...

Obesity among first year primary school children in Wigan has reached a record level, worrying new figures reveal.