A higher polygenic growth score is associated with an increased prevalence of large-for-gestational age infants and a corresponding decrease in small-for-gestational age births. Polygenic growth score ...

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding the screening, diagnosis, and management of hypertriglyceridemia in pediatric patients.

School meals, physical activity and weight loss drugs have all become talking points in the problem, which is a major issue in the "Make America Healthy Again" movement.

In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less frequently but still maintained weight loss and health benefits.

We reward our dogs all the time. They follow a command, wait patiently, or just look especially cute, and we hand over a ...

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now, according to two reports ...

While the study recognized that unhealthy lifestyle likely contributed to a person’s weight gain, the study said a person’s weight had a greater effect on developing prediabetes than perpetuating ...

Our Real Talk with a Doc columnist explains how to push back if your doctor's obsessed with weight loss. And what other ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two new reports published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A community-based multilevel intervention (STRIVE) showed no overall significant effect on BMI z-scores among rural Hispanic children.

Pre-pregnancy parental overweight and obesity is linked to the next generation's heightened risk of developing fatty liver ...