When both parents were obese in middle age, their children had six times higher odds of living with obesity themselves in middle age, than adults with both parents in the normal weight range. When ...

A recent report from the CDC shows that obesity increased in kids and teens over the past two decades. According to the agency, about 1 in 5 children and teens in the U.S. are obese. That's why Dr.

the progression from mild motility defects in obese children towards a distinctive motility dysfunction in obese adults, suggests the existence of an age-related worsening of gallbladder and ...

Those with obesity had a 25.4% increased risk of long COVID (relative risk [RR] 1.25, 95% CI 1.06-1.48) and those with severe ...

Two new studies highlight body mass index (BMI) in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one finding a 25% and 42% ...

Parents could soon begin to outlive their children because of ... A BMI of more than 25 in adults is classed as overweight and more than 30 is obese. Overall, one in five Britons is obese, a ...

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

A new study links ultra-processed food consumption in obese children and adolescents to a ... processed foods and metabolic disorders among adults has been well-explored, the impact of such ...

The study reveals a dose-response relationship between BMI and PASC risk in children, highlighting obesity as a key factor in post-COVID health challenges.

Almost 40 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds in one area of Cambridgeshire are overweight or obese - new figures show. The ...

More than one in five children leaving primary school in Bolton are obese, according to the latest figures. The NHS Data findings show that 23.6 per cent of year six children across the borough are ...

Almost a third of 10 and 11-year-olds in Devon are either obese or overweight, with almost a quarter in one area being obese.