Figures such as BMI, blood pressure and activity levels may be linked to future dementia risk. Unhealthy childhoods may ...

Genetic study in Indian children reveals socioeconomic status significantly influences genetic susceptibility to childhood ...

Achieving obesity remission reduced children’s and teens’ risk for developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia ...

Children with obesity who are diagnosed with cancer may have ... The study has some limitations including the use of body ...

GLP-1 agonists for weight loss are now commonly used for adults, but might they also be an effective treatment for younger people? Katharine Lang reports Obesity in children and adolescents is a ...

Underweight children may experience different health issues. That is why it is important to include some weight gain foods ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, found that an increase in PM2.5 levels by 16.2 micrograms per cubic metre during preconception -- three months prior pregnancy -- was ...

A study of more than 5,000 mothers and their subsequent children suggests that exposure to air pollution before pregnancy was linked to a higher body mass index for the child and obesity risk for up ...

Queensland-based Sarah Cox recalls that in 2018, her doctor advised her to lose weight because her body mass index (BMI) was too high, despite her feeling healthy and experiencing no physical ...

exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk factors up to two years of age. Findings from the study, which ...