NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that problems associated with being overweight occur at a much younger age than previously thought. In a study reported in the journal Pediatrics, ...

The number of overweight children is on the rise worldwide and will climb dramatically by 2010, according to a new study by Youfa Wang, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research suggests. "A lot ...

Primary school girls between the ages of 4 and 11 with a body mass index (BMI) considered overweight or obese are more likely to see a family doctor (GP) at least once about musculoskeletal problems ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who carry excess pounds may be doing permanent damage to their feet, a group of foot and ankle surgeons warns. "When there is an increased amount of weight and stress ...

Zepbound is the first and only approved treatment activating two incretin hormone receptors, GIP and GLP-1, to tackle an underlying cause of excess weight "Obesity is a chronic disease that can result ...

As if the list of only-child stereotypes wasn’t long enough, a new one has been brewing: Children without siblings are at a higher risk for being overweight and obese, as are daughters and youngest ...

New Delhi: India had the highest number of overweight and obese males—16.8 million—and females—13 million—in the 15-24 age group in 2021, ahead of China, according to a comprehensive global analysis ...

Maintaining a healthy body weight plays a far bigger role in fertility than many couples realise. While age, hormones, and ...