The prevalence of chronic conditions (CC) and functional limitations (FL) is increasing among children and young adults.

A MUM has been left fuming after receiving a letter from her daughter’s school calling the five-year-old “obese”. Samantha ...

The experts at UPMC Children’s Specialty Services deliver compassionate, patient centered care. The team of specialists ...

Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...

When it comes to your child's health, do you think much about their risks of developing heart disease? Probably not, since so ...

These issues are becoming increasingly important with the emergence of the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs, which include ...

Over recent years, the experience of childhood for many children has been a difficult one, and the root causes that diminish their wellbeing and life chances, although often glaringly obvious, have ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

In Korea, a BMI of 25 is used as a standard for diagnosing obesity. A BMI of 25 corresponds to a weight of 74 kg when considering the average height of adult Namsung men at 171.5 cm. If the BMI ...

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine the independent and additive effects of four maternal metabolic risk factors ...

A 63-year-old man from Alvin has been sentenced to a hard 25 years in federal prison on March 12 for his crimes involving child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). The man, Robert Earl Cochran Jr., was ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.