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 ...

The data showed that kids who don’t see their BMI decline between ages 1 and 6 have a greater risk of obesity. This risk was ...

South Carolina slightly improved in an annual ranking of overall child well-being, according to the 2025 KIDS COUNT data book ...

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

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

The researchers assessed prenatal exposures to smoking, alcohol, and stress (depression or anxiety) as well as maternal ...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center publicly introduced its Greaux Healthy initiative, a public service initiative designed ...

Higher first-trimester maternal BMIs were associated with increased risk of serious infections in children, especially when ...

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 ...

A growing number of obese adults and children have been prescribed Ozempic or similar medications to lose weight ...