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 ...

“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 ...

Childhood obesity is expected to increase by 100% ... It more accurately predicts health risks related to abdominal fat distribution.

As obesity rates are set to soar globally, half of children and young people in Australia are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. That's according to a major international study ...