An 8-year-old girl dreamed of performing cartwheels. But she was overweight — considered obese, in fact — and was unable to do so. She had high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels and ...

What would you do if some of your kids were overweight? Would you make a decision that everyone in the house had to eat healthier, or would you only change the eating habits of yo ...

Overweight as a child is not necessarily a risk factor for heart attack later in life. If weight is normalized before adulthood, the heart seems unaffected by the higher childhood BMI, according to a ...

What you need to know In England, 1 in 4 adults,1 and almost 1 in 4 children by the time they are 11 years old,2 are living with obesity (based on body mass index (BMI) measurements and classification ...

HealthDay News — Less than one-quarter of parents with overweight children recall their health care provider telling them that their child is overweight, according to study results study published ...

It's easy to fall in love with your child's chubby cheeks and pudgy legs. But by the age of 2, if your toddler is heavier than the other children of the same age, it's possible that he or she may be ...

Children who are obese are more prone to dementia decades later, according to new research. Obesity increases the risk of cognitive decline in middle age - which can lead to full-blown dementia. The ...

No matter where you go in our country, all you need to do is look around to see that the obesity epidemic is a reality for Americans of all ages ­ even our children. According to the CDC, 8 million ...

IN SPAIN THEY could not go outdoors for six weeks. In Wuhan they were cooped up for 76 days. The worst was in the Philippines, where children were forbidden from leaving their homes for more than a ...