Childhood obesity reflects our modern environment of ultra-processed foods, digital devices and psychological stressors. To ...

When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it’s not just patients, but doctors who need an education. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers argue that part of the ...

Only 5 fellowship programs in obesity medicine exist today, even though 50 are needed. The partnership will eventually bring the number of programs to 20 nationwide. Obesity rates have soared in the ...

“Because obesity is newly categorized as a disease, there isn’t a lot of material in curriculums in many medical schools across the country, so we are implementing 12 free education modules about the ...

According to the Oxford English dictionary obesity is “the condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body, mostly in the subcutaneous tissues.” The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States decreased with increasing level of parental education in 2011-2014; however, the association between obesity in youths and parental income ...

An advocacy group for physical education released a blueprint last week for tackling the problem of childhood obesity, which a new study suggests is associated with an increase in high blood pressure ...

When schools reopened after Covid, Stephanie couldn’t bear the thought of returning. She applied for a waiver that would permit her to attend classes virtually, she said. “I was ashamed of what I look ...

Re “Fatwa on Obesity Carries No Weight,” Commentary, Dec. 19: Brian Doherty criticizes Surgeon General David Satcher for overstepping his authority by drawing attention to America’s epidemic of ...

Childhood obesity in the region, including Qatar, is widely misunderstood as a matter of individual discipline or quick policy ...