Among normal weight mothers with a BMI of 18.5 to 24, a total of 3.4 percent had children with birth defects... READ MORE›
Unicef report finds that one in three British children are in 'multi-dimensional poverty' and says gaps between rich and poor are widening around the world... READ MORE›
Severe obesity confers excess risk for so many other negative outcomes for pregnancy pre-eclampsia, diabetes, still-birth, he said... READ MORE›
-- Among the 20 largest countries, the United States had the highest level of obesity among children and young adults... READ MORE›
The lowest obesity rates were in Bangladesh and Vietnam, where they were just 1 percent ... READ MORE›
This study shows what we know No country in the globe has reduced overweight or obesity levels... READ MORE›
Among the 20 most-populous countries, the highest level of obesity among children and young adults was in the U.S., at nearly 13 percent ... READ MORE›
Today's glasses, 450ml compared with 65ml 300 years ago, encourage consumption, Cambridge scientist tells Hay festival... READ MORE›
Susannah Brown, senior scientist at World Cancer Research Fund, said the study's finding, emphasise the urgent need to take the obesity epidemic seriously... READ MORE›
It doesn't look like reporter Sophie Morgan, whose sad film it is, is either... READ MORE›
He said the body of his girlfriend, 19-year-old Liu Chen Chun, was also taken to the capital... READ MORE›
He added Abolishing hunger during school holidays is beyond the ability of individual community groups and volunteers alone... READ MORE›
But the first reason to pause is that the study found no such risk in people who drank standard sugary lemonades and colas... READ MORE›
The photos of raw-boned children from one of the Minsk orphanages published by the online magazine Imena shocked Belarusians... READ MORE›
Berkeley is unlike most cities in America, with far higher levels of wealth and education and low consumption of colas and other sugary drinks... READ MORE›
There are about 2,000 morbidly obese children in Amsterdam who are the initial focus... READ MORE›
Increasing obesity and overweight trends probably result in 'new normals,' said Rockney, who was not involved in the new paper... READ MORE›
Obesity is a vivid example of the link between general and oral health... READ MORE›
We've said time and again that it was an error for government to exclude TV junk food advertising restrictions in their obesity plan, said Viner... READ MORE›
Yet Italians are in way better shape than Americans, Canadians and Brits, who all suffer from higher blood pressure and cholesterol and poorer mental health... READ MORE›
But research on more than 2,700 children found those given full-fat versions ended up with a significantly lower body mass index than those given semi-skimmed varieties... READ MORE›
Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE›
LONDON -- Torriano primary school in north London doesn't have lush green grounds or an outdoor running track or a leafy campus quad... READ MORE›
Children at an orphanage in eastern Aleppo send heartbreaking plea to the world... READ MORE›
The World Obesity Federation, which compiled the data, predicted that number would rise to 4.1 million by 2025... READ MORE›
Doctors demand a 20 percent tax on sugary drinks to fight UK obesity epidemic... READ MORE›
Skipping breakfast or eating late in the day could raise the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity according to a new study... READ MORE›
Surge in dental surgery on young children triggers call for action on oral health education and sugar intake... READ MORE›
The study, led by academics from University College London, challenges the widely-held view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by overeating... READ MORE›
Once underfed, Brazil's poor have a new problem obesity... READ MORE›
Leading doctors call on medical bodies such as Nice to do more to promote healthy lifestyles rather than relying on cardiovascular drugs... READ MORE›
Dame Sally Davies was speaking as new figures emerged from the child measurement programme that showed levels of obesity among children were still getting steadily worse... READ MORE›
More than three-quarters of patients said yes to weight-loss programmes in trial of 30-second intervention by doctors... READ MORE›
Stubbornly high rates of obesity also reflected wider social attitudes, she said... READ MORE›
However, when people learned to be kinder to themselves they quickly got back to healthy eating, lost weight and kept it off... READ MORE›
World entering era of global food insecurity with malnutrition and obesity side by side within countries says leading food expert... READ MORE›
Britain's obesity levels are among the worst in the world, with two thirds of adults and one third of young children obese or overweight... READ MORE›
Oklahoma The US city that went to war on obesity... READ MORE›
Children's poor nutrition worldwide including in the UK leads to stunted growth as well as obesity... READ MORE›
Childhood obesity uk's 'inexcusable' strategy is wasted opportunity, say experts... READ MORE›
The Mediterranean diet, with a high fat content from olive oil and nuts, does not cause people to gain weight, a major study has found... READ MORE›
Pretty much all signs of heart disease went when mice were given this drug, the unit's deputy director Sean McGee has told AAP... READ MORE›
Its website claims the group wants to be the voice of science in research on obesity... READ MORE›
In the US, where obesity is considered a national crisis, rates among children have stabilised for the first time in decades... READ MORE›
A New Zealand Medical Association report calls the soaring obesity rates a public health crisis ... READ MORE›
They miss out on school trips, nutritional meals and warm, dry clothes and homes... READ MORE›
But how big is the step from informally demonising unhealthy people to formally punishing them?... READ MORE›
The study was published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes... READ MORE›
The new data follows on from a major survey between 1988 and 1994 that brought the issue of obesity into sharp focus... READ MORE›
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