Severe obesity is already a significant problem for many children, especially since obese children often become obese adults. Could the now popular weight-loss injection drugs be a solution for those ...

The FDA is considering food labels to help consumers identify products with unhealthy ingredients, but some experts wonder if ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics said aggressive obesity interventions would not fuel eating disorders. But authors of the ...

Aronne, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, made a compelling case that the next generation of obesity ...

Children who faced food insecurity during early childhood—or whose mothers experienced it during pregnancy—had a higher body ...

Obesity seemed linked to a higher risk for severe infection, the team found. Every 5-point increase in BMI -- for example, ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may help reduce risks from severe COVID-19 for people living with overweight or obesity, ...

Data from an early stage clinical trial suggests Novo Nordisk’s new weight loss pill amycretin could produce greater and more ...

Limited access to healthy foods, resulting from residence in under-resourced neighborhoods, is a critical public health ...

Residence in low-income, low–food access neighborhoods in early life was associated with higher subsequent child body mass index and higher risk of obesity and severe obesity. Future studies should ...

By week 56, kids, ages 6 to <12 years, on once-daily 3-mg liraglutide lost 5.8% of BMI compared with a 1.6% gain with ...

These RCT findings support safety and efficacy in 6 to 12 year olds, but there are many unanswered questions, one expert says ...