Overweight and obesity in childhood are associated with increased risk of obesity ... of activities aimed at prevention and control of obesity and related health risks. The IAEA supports the United ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

This ambitious 5-year initiative aims to crack the code on preventing childhood obesity from conception to adolescence. According to Prof. Lurbe, the success is based on something deeper than just ...

“Our results suggest that sociodemographic and early-life risk factors could be used to target obesity prevention programs for children and adults,” they said. This study aligns with previous ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

The report also revealed the devastating possible impacts of childhood obesity, such as poor mental health and low self-esteem, alongside an abundance of health risks both now and in later life.