Risk factors include prenatal smoking, high prepregnancy body mass index, high gestational weight gain, and high birth weight.

Declining health is a very big risk for pregnant women, but also very common. Things like being underweight, or overweight ...

Greaux Healthy programming has materials for parents, workbooks for kids and teachers' guides for both K-12 educators and ...

Maternal obesity grades 2 and 3 is associated with hospital admissions for infection throughout childhood, according to a study published online June 3 in BMJ M ...

The health outcomes speak for themselves: France ranks third globally in child well-being, while the U.S. ranks 36 th. The ...

Recent data from National Health Service (NHS) weight clinics in England show that a disproportionate number of referrals originate from the most deprived areas, with some children having BMIs over 40 ...

A groundbreaking initiative is emerging in west Louisville to combat the area's pressing childhood obesity crisis through innovative community solutions.

Trump's "MAHA" commission, led by RFK Jr., detailed four reasons they say causes childhood chronic disease. Here's what to ...

Children born to women who are obese have a higher risk of landing in a hospital with a severe infection, a new study says.

Let's encourage the Trump administration to remember the importance of oral health and the significance of being able to ...

Infants under 1 year of age have a 41% increased risk of hospitalization for infection if their mom was severely obese during ...

Children born to mothers who are very obese with a BMI of 35 or higher are at heightened risk of being admitted to hospital ...