Well, the federal government released data Sept. 24 showing that the obesity epidemic, one of the most dire public health crises, might have stopped worsening. And there is reason to imagine the ...

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 ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar NIH scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, saying the ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Related Ultra-processed foods provide nearly half ...

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

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program ...

The highly anticipated White House report on childhood diseases, titled "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment," was ...

Successfully treating type 2 diabetes may involve focusing on brain neurons, rather than simply concentrating on obesity or insulin resistance, according to a new study. For several years, researchers ...