Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...

Obesity at childhood cancer diagnosis was independently associated with inferior survival, and this was likely driven by trends detected in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or central ...

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during ...

Achieving obesity remission reduced children’s and teens’ risk for developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia ...

At the same time, the obesity rate among children ages 2 to 19 has steadily risen over the past two decades. Lifestyle factors, including lack of regular exercise, excessive time sitting during ...

The % DV on labels shows how much one serving contributes to your daily needs for calories or nutrients. According to UNICEF, ...

Te Marae Ora, the Ministry of Health, is focusing on reducing the rate of childhood obesity, with the goal of ensuring that today’s children are free from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from 2030 ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an umbrella term describing conditions related to a ...

(Image Credits: Pixabay) A new population-based study has revealed that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying. The ...

Overall, there would be 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity in adults and 13 for children and teenagers. Pre-clinical obesity would involve excess weight that isn't affecting a person's ...

Data from a Phase Ia single ascending dose study found that ASC30 demonstrated dose-proportional pharmacokinetics, a ...