Young people with obesity have a body mass index – a measure of body size based on a calculation of height and weight – that meets or exceeds the 95th percentile for kids of the same age and ...

Then there are the body image issues raised by cosmetic surgery—especially for daughters. Berger worries that kids will think their own body parts must need "fixing" too.

Today, I tell my daughter how happy I am that I made the decision to have weight-loss surgery. While the concept of body-mass index has been disproven and people of all weights can be healthy ...

More kids who are obese should be considered candidates for weight-loss surgery, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new ...

Plastic surgery isn’t a game, but some apps have turned it into one for kids. Children can simulate procedures such as liposuction, nose jobs, lip fillers and double-eyelid surgery using such ...

Most times, when it comes to the heart -- as with other organs and body parts -- everything turns out well, which is no small wonder given how much needs to happen in nine months.

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An awareness of plastic surgery is not a bad thing, since kids already see it on Instagram and television, he adds. But Barrett does believe the app developers are seeking publicity by targeting ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Some kids' apps are coming under fire, for appearing to glamorize plastic surgery. A local expert says they send a dangerous message. "Easy access, the cartoon, bright ...