A study of more than 86,000 children found that the link between parents' and children's BMI is largely explained by shared ...

Weight fluctuation and change in body composition with growth is a normal part of development. Apart from the first year of life, teenage years experience the most rapid increase in growth and ...

A new global nutrition study tracked plant-based food intake from infancy through late adolescence and found that, in the U.S ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What new research has discovered about rates of obesity among kids and adolescents — and what experts say about it. (Photo ...

Parents attending an adult weight management program, who were worried about their child's weight, would accept support and signposting to services for their child if it was offered, new research led ...

Editor’s note: Season 9 of the podcast “Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta” explores the intersection between body weight and health. We delve into a wide range of topics, including the evolutionary ...

Nearly 20% of all children in the US have what’s considered to be a high body mass index, the measure that practitioners use to determine whether a person has obesity. New draft guidelines released ...

Low-birth-weight newborns have a higher risk of health complications if they become obese as children, a new study has found. Obese children who were low-birth-weight babies have a higher risk of ...

The blockbuster weight loss sensations that have taken the industry by storm may soon be available for kids as young as six. The manufactures of Ozempic/Wegovy and Mounjaro, the injectables that are ...

Anna Lee Beyer writes about mental health, relationships, parenting, and books for Huffington Post, Romper, Slate, Glamour, Parents, and others. People with disordered eating and body image issues can ...

The United States childhood obesity epidemic has been old news for some time. That is until the new weight loss drugs hit the market. The American Academy of Pediatrics is telling parents it is safe ...

There is a divide among some physicians about if and when children should use weight-loss drugs, which have surged in popularity among adults. In a recent study published in the New England Journal of ...