While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Obesity in children has become a common issue these days. With the change in lifestyle and parenting styles unhealthy amounts ...

Women are counseled not to be too thin or too heavy before getting pregnant, and new research gives even more reason for women to watch their weight: obese pregnant women stand a much greater chance ...