Overweight boys risk infertility in adulthood
Overweight boys tend to have lower testicular volume, putting them at risk for infertility in adulthood, according to a German study that...
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Childhood obesity associated with increased risk newly proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes
Childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes, according...
Childhood obesity intervention maybe doing more harm than good
Research from Queen Mary University of London, UK, has indicated that an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity - the first to...
AAP releases guidelines on evaluating, treating children and adolescents with obesity
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published its first comprehensive guidance in 15 years that highlights more evidence than...
Three quarters of NHS trusts in England do not have a child weight management service
Over three quarters of acute NHS trusts in England (77%) do not have a child weight management service, despite being responsible for...
Obesity associated with poor brain health in children
Using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the US, researchers have found that higher...
Changes in blood fats detectable from age of six in children with overweight
Changes in blood fats and other markers of heart health and diabetes are detectable from the age of six in children who have overweight....
Childhood trauma and genetics linked to increased obesity risk
Outcomes from the Healthy Nevada Project have found associations between genetics, obesity and childhood trauma, linking social health...
Report finds wide range of factors influencing childhood obesity
To mark World Obesity Day 2022, Professor Franco Sassi of the Business School, Imperial College London, discusses the latest report from...
New approach can help identify young children most at risk for obesity
A newly developed risk score can synthesise genetic information into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify...
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