The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S.

U.S. children and teens are now at record-high levels of obesity — with more than one in five affected by obesity.  Severe obesity among youth is c ...

A new study finds childhood obesity lowers adult income rank by 20 percentile points and reduces access to low-poverty ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

While the national conversation around childhood obesity often focuses on rising health care costs, new research co-authored ...

While the study recognized that unhealthy lifestyle likely contributed to a person’s weight gain, the study said a person’s weight had a greater effect on developing prediabetes than perpetuating ...

One in 5 children aged 2 to 19 in the U.S. are living with obesity, marking the highest rate ever recorded, according to newly published data from the CDC. The agency published two reports Feb. 25 ...

Childhood obesity in the United States has reached its highest level on record, and Mid-South health experts say they are ...

A new American study: Negative or traumatic childhood experiences increase the risk of obesity in children, while the presence of a supportive adult in their lives may reduce these risks.

BMI among children increased from 1975 to 2016 in nearly every part of the world, including in most parts of Africa. While ...

Nearly 1 of every 5 children or adolescents in the US were living with obesity as of 2020, a rate that has doubled or tripled in the past 30 years. That striking rise of obesity among youth has ...

A new study finds that a child's level of excess body fat is a stronger indicator of pre-diabetes or type II diabetes than a ...