Full Fact’s analysis suggests this means 20,642 4-5-year-olds and 41,936 10-11-year-olds who are not clinically obese were ...
Child obesity rates have stabilised in some countries in recent years – but global health officials said they were still too ...
The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in children—but it is not just obesity driving the costs. New research from the ...
Children living with obesity face greater risks of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and orthopedic problems, along with psychosocial challenges such as low self-esteem, anxiety, and social ...
For the first time, more children worldwide are living with obesity than undernutrition. The shift indicates childhood malnutrition has entered a new phase, one that the world is ill-equipped to ...
Aims: Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a non-invasive method for evaluating arterial stiffness. In adults, CAVI has been reported to show negative correlation with body mass index (BMI) known as ...
BMI alone may not accurately detect excess adiposity in children without obesity, missing many cases. The study emphasizes the need for additional body composition measures, like waist-height ratio ...
In 2024, the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) published an updated framework for classifying obesity that recognizes that the use of BMI is a limited tool in defining the condition ...
ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Disordered eating behaviors and weight dissatisfaction are increasingly prevalent among Hispanic adolescents. However, limited research has explored how these factors ...
Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children ages 2-5 years continues to rise in the US. Experimental germ-free animal models indicate gut microbiota can cause excess weight gain ...
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