In all, nearly 42% of US adults are obese. Obesity costs the nation’s healthcare system around $173B each year.

Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Child obesity is growing at an unprecedented rate. Urgent action is ...

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New data from personal finance company WalletHub shows the most and least overweight states in America, based on an ...

The government says it 'is restricting junk food and drink advertisements - on television before 9pm and online - to protect children from exposure to less healthy food and drink. This is expected to ...

Key Takeaways The diabetes drug metformin can help kids manage weight gain associated with bipolar drugsChildren taking ...

THE family of a young girl found severely malnourished have been charged with five counts of child neglect. Walter Goodman, the father of the 14-year-old girl called 911 to report she was throwing ...

One in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is obese – the highest figure on record outside the ...

As experts warn that high blood pressure in kids has nearly doubled in 20 years, we look at what parents can do to reduce the ...

Once upon a time, type 2 diabetes (T2D) was called “adult onset” diabetes because it rarely occurred in children. Although it still primarily occurs in adults, we’re seeing the rate of T2D increasing ...