One of the biggest health problems among American children today is obesity. And the diabetes that follows obesity. And rates of obesity have almost tripled among children in many parts of the ...

Jennifer Woo Baidal is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and the MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the ...

Overweight and obesity in childhood are associated with increased risk of obesity and related non-communicable diseases in adulthood, potentially contributing to premature death. Stable isotopes are ...

Strategies for tackling obesity in England have been much talked ... any chance of getting close to its target of halving childhood obesity by 2030. Prof Dame Sally Davies says children are ...

Instead, she published a strongly titled, independent, 96-page report with a rallying call: Time to Solve Childhood Obesity. “The Government ambition,” she wrote, “is to halve childhood ...

Characterised by insulin resistance, childhood obesity can pave the path for type 2 diabetes in children. The early onset of diabetes in children can be related to a sedentary lifestyle and a high ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. We found children from ...