Childhood obesity

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T2D can be successfully managed, and sometimes even reversed, with diet and lifestyle modifications. But socioeconomic challenges, such as lack of access to healthy food and unsafe…

In the case of adults, the annual increase is pegged at 5.2 percent. Indian women in 2020 had 7 percent risk, by 2035, it will rise to 13 percent. Men, on the other hand, had a 4 percent…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Childhood obesity in India is likely to see an annual rise of 9.1 per cent by 2035, if prevention, treatment and support do not improve, according…

The study was headed by Anton Holmgren, research associate in pediatrics at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and Anna Fält, researcher in child health and parenthood at…

"This is the first comprehensive evidence, across geographic populations, of the complex interaction between maternal and fetal metabolism that regulates, early in pregnancy, unique fetal…

The analysis, which looked at the content of school lunches of more than 3,000 children between 2008-2017, finds that 64% of the calories in meals provided by the school come from…

Approximately 40 percent of today's high school students and young adults had experienced obesity or could be categorized as overweight before leaving…

The FDA cleared the next-generation FreeStyle Libre 3 system, a 14-day continuous glucose monitor…

. "Here we show seasonality in standardized body mass index (BMIz), with children gaining height at a greater rate during the school year compared to the…