These figures come as the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that, globally, 37 million children below five are ...

Barbados is facing an urgent health situation that could condemn a generation of young people to early heart disease, ...

Healthy Hubba, India’s first Children’s Health Festival & Childhood Obesity Conference, will be held on Saturday, November 15 ...

Childhood obesity, especially in early years, is emerging as India's new public health concern, driven by screens, snacks and ...

New figures show the prevalence of childhood obesity in England, with more than a fifth of children in the last year of ...

Data found 10.5% of children in reception and more than a fifth in year 6 were obese in 2024/25, with boys more likely to be ...

Bulgaria spends the highest share of GDP in the world on obesity-related costs, but poor data is causing a weak obesity ...

Full Fact’s analysis suggests this means 20,642 4-5-year-olds and 41,936 10-11-year-olds who are not clinically obese were ...

The figures show that by the time children get to Year 6 and the end of their primary school education, an estimated 27.1% of ...

The government says it 'is restricting junk food and drink advertisements - on television before 9pm and online - to protect ...

One in ten children start school obese, NHS warns. Experts say the rise could have a devastating impact on health and widen inequality.

A family's concern over their daughter's rapid weight gain led to a rare diagnosis: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). This genetic condition causes uncontr ...