The children of obese mothers, but not obese fathers, were less able to self-regulate food consumption.

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

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 ...

Researchers found that higher maternal BMI in early pregnancy and before delivery were associated with an increased risk of ALL in female offspring, but there were no such associations for male ...

The medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Healthy Weight Initiative is sharing prevention tips and how to help ...

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided ... criteria for clinical obesity in adults and 13 criteria for children and adolescents that include: Preclinical obesity is characterized by ...

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 ...

Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new stud ...

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 ...