Louisiana ranks 46th in youth obesity with 35.6% of children in the state between the of ages 10 and 17 who have obesity or ...

Early screen time for young kids can set the stage for a sedentary life with an increased risk of obesity and heart disease.

Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if parents were offered electronic feedback ...

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

Figures published by NHS England have shown the level of obesity among year 6-age schoolchildren in every local authority ...

Obesity among children leaving primary school in England has fallen for the third year in a row, figures show.New NHS data ...

The statistics, which come from the National Child Measurement Programme, show that overall obesity levels for reception-aged ...

While 1.3 per cent of children in the final year of primary school were underweight in 2009/10, this has now increased to 1.7 ...

The latest NHS figures show the estimated level of obesity among 10 to 11-year-olds - with one area of the West Midlands ranking the highest ...

Obesity levels among children leaving primary school have fallen in the last year in England, but Ipswich, Suffolk, remains higher than ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are pregnant but who also have the ovarian cyst disorder polycystic ...

Childhood obesity is twice as high in deprived parts of Yorkshire compared with the most affluent areas in England, a new report has found.