Table of contents In A Nutshell U.S. Child Mortality Data Shows Troubling Trend Children’s Mental Health Crisis Intensifies ...

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...

Survivors of childhood cancer face challenges from bone mineral density (BMD) deficits due to treatment exposures and other factors, some of which may be modifiable, a cohort study suggested ...

U.S. children face rising mortality and worsening health compared to peers in wealthy nations, according to a new study.

If Dr. Corkey is right, this discovery could change the way we think about weight gain and obesity. It suggests that just ...

Neighborhood safety around children’s homes (assessed based on criminality and on road traffic accident rates), as well as built environment factors such as public spaces for practicing physical ...

Academics are calling for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles from settling in among babies and toddlers as childhood ...

Childhood obesity has risen to “alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers. Experts said that a child’s ...

The study found body mass index (BMI) patterns that could predict obesity, with findings published in Jama Network Open.

Background Frustrated with the onslaught of articles reporting fascination with results that appear paradoxical but are merely due to selection bias, we studied the apparent effect of obesity on ...

Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS, discusses early intervention in childhood obesity to reduce long‑term risk and supporting families with ...

However, global data analyses on the burden of CCVD remain limited, particularly regarding variations across socio-demographic index (SDI) levels and effects of major risk factors.Objective: This ...