American kids are more likely to be obese and develop chronic conditions than others in high-income countries, according to a ...

The proportion of severely overweight children in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, with the highest rates seen in ...

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...

Parental metabolic health influences childhood asthma severity, with paternal cholesterol showing modest protective effects ...

RELATED: Obesity prevention starts early -- really, really early. The data included height, weight and demographic characteristics of 8,900 9-month-old babies and 7,500 2-year-old toddlers.

The Cincinnati authors noted that most of the obese children were black and from low-income households. Also, to confirm their findings, the researchers repeated their study in a third group of ...

Some babies are born at weights considered greater than "normal" for full-term newborns. Anthropologist Barbara J. King explores whether babies can be termed medically obese.

Doctors' advice for preventing childhood obesity 01:18. Also, among 40 percent of the obese children, scans showed thickened heart muscle had already translated into a reduced ability to pump blood.

In the 9-month age group, 15.2 percent of babies were at-risk and 16.7 percent were obese. Among 2-year-olds, just under 14 percent were at-risk and almost 21 percent were obese.

Two morbidly obese Colombian babies, who weigh a dangerously unhealthy 91 pounds combined, have come together to lose weight — and live longer. The 10-month-olds, Santiago Mendoza and Isabela ...

Babies who don't get enough sleep may gain too much weight, new research shows. A Harvard study found that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greater risk for being ...