Childhood obesity is a complex disease with many contributing factors, including genetics, eating patterns; physical activity ...

Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston news series where our leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address child obesity to support Childhood Obesity ...

“Today, more than 1 in 5 young people (20.7%) live with overweight or obesity, and in Brazil, there are already about 17 million children and adolescents in this condition,” said the expert.

While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight. Childhood obesity reflects our modern environment of ultra-processed foods, ...

Children as young as 4 with a higher body mass index (BMI) show differences in several brain regions involved in reward, taste and hunger, according to a new study from Florida International ...

Obesity alters bone metabolism and joint loading in children, increasing the risk for musculoskeletal pain, malalignment, and fractures during growth.

Children with obesity at ages of 4, 6, or 8 years were strongly likely to still have obesity at the age of 13 years, whereas those with only overweight at the same ages had a much lower chance of ...

Childhood obesity has emerged as one of the most pressing public‐health challenges of the twenty‐first century, with far‐reaching consequences for physical, psychological and economic well‐being.

The current and long-term health of 14.4 million children and adolescents is affected by obesity in the USA. [1]. International reports suggest that the global prevalence of pediatric obesity has ...