Nearly nine in 10 Kiwi kids endure some kind of trauma before turning 8 – be it bullying, parental drug or alcohol addiction, ...

A new study links ultra-processed foods to shrinking jaw sizes and dental issues such as buck teeth in children. Researchers ...

Obesity at cancer diagnosis appeared linked to significantly poorer survival among children and adolescents, according to results of a retrospective study.The association between obesity and mortality ...

Cancer sadly affects hundreds of children and young people in Scotland every year, and weight has been found to play a ...

With obesity amongst young people on the rise, one nutritionist says instilling healthy habits starts at home. Here’s how ...

Half of UK adults say they’ve put off even trying to lose weight, with Gen Z most likely to delay  More than one in five UK adults (22%) have delayed losing weight for three years or more  Four in ...

Experts warned that a person's health in mid-life can be a potential predictor for dementia in their later years ...

Women with high prepregnancy BMI have higher stillbirth and perinatal death risks, but this association weakens with chronic ...

Some of the bills would require parental consent for those under 16 to use social media, dissolve the state’s largest school ...

"Alison was the preeminent scholar on adolescent obesity and eating disorders,” said Kerri Boutelle, a pediatrics professor ...

South African singer and actor Nkanyiso Bengu talks about his struggle with obesity and how tackling it helped improve his ...