Obesity rates are forecast to skyrocket within the next quarter of a century, with a third of the world’s children and adolescents expected to be overweight or obese by 2050. Significant ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

I’m sure if I were to use the NHS BMI calculator, they’d both be classified as obese. Helen is 5ft ... Unfortunately one of our children got my ‘fat genes’ and the other got his.

More than three quarters of British adults will be too fat by 2050 a shocking ... Currently there are 2.4 million children aged five to 14 who are overweight or obese in the UK, the same as ...

whole-fat body mass, body weight, and BMI. If you’re comparing the literature, these effects are similar to aerobic exercise with caloric restriction in adults who are overweight or obese.” ...

Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

The study used innovative technology that maps RNA molecules which are the basis for translating the genome into proteins.

A major global study estimates that 50 per cent of children and young people (aged 5–24 years) in Australia will be overweight or obese by 2050. Researchers say urgent action is needed to turn ...