A child inherits around 35 percent to 40 percent of their body mass index from their parents, according to a study published in Economics and Human Biology. The research team, headed by the United ...

The study suggests there are opportunities to reduce childhood obesity, such as encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking and manage healthy weight gain, as well as closely monitoring children who ...

While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight.

About The Study: This cross-sectional study including 426,000 children in Denmark found that body mass index (BMI) outcomes of COVID-19 pandemic–related control policies and restrictions were not ...

BMI alone may not accurately detect excess adiposity in children without obesity, missing many cases. The study emphasizes the need for additional body composition measures, like waist-height ratio ...

Children who are living with severe obesity are more likely to experience a clinically relevant change in BMI when GLP-1 agonist drugs form part of their treatment, new research being presented at ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Children need more than a good night’s sleep to have a healthy weight, according to a new study in the journal Obesity that explores the relationship between sleep, body mass ...

Vegan and vegetarian children are skinnier and shorter than those who eat meat, the largest study of its kind reveals. Researchers in the US, Italy and Australia analysed prior studies representing ...