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

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

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 ...

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.

BMI has faults. For example ... You can join a support group or fitness center, take a class, or play with your kids. Healthy living is a way of life, and the benefits are worth it.

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

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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 ...