(Reuters) -The worldwide prevalence of high blood pressure in children and adolescents nearly doubled between 2000 and 2020, ...

Early baby routines in feeding, sleep, and play link to growth. A tool helps families notice habits that may influence ...

Childhood obesity has surged to alarming levels in Korea, which now has the highest rate among children and adolescents in ...

In the United States, approximately 14.7 million children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 are living with ...

The prevalence nearly doubled between 2000 and 2020, with rates among youth nearly eight times higher in those with than ...

Primary care is often the first touchpoint for families, making it a critical setting for early obesity intervention.When ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United States is affected by obesity. Research has shown obesity often begins in ...

New figures show the prevalence of childhood obesity in England, with more than a fifth of children in the last year of ...

The study in the British Medical Journal looked at 24,000 children. Why are more children becoming obese by medical standards and what effect could their moms have? That's what researchers in a new ...