Childhood obesity may be quietly undermining one of the central promises of American life. A study by a Rutgers researcher has found that children who are obese are far less likely to climb the economic ladder as adults, raising concerns that a rising health problem also could deny many young Americans the chance to achieve … Read more
In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met the clinical definition of obese. But preventing childhood obesity is a complex undertaking. While encouraging a healthy diet and adequate exercise have long been two strategies … Read more
Members of the Alliance for Food Health announced the opening of a public consultation on proposed changes to Mexico’s food labeling regulation, NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, calling on citizens to participate to protect and strengthen the right to clear and accurate consumer information. In December 2025, the Ministry of Economy published the public consultation notice for the proposed … Read more
Medically supervised resistance training and adequate protein intake may help minimize the loss of lean body mass in people taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) for weight loss, new data suggest. The findings came from a prospective 6-month study of 200 adults with overweight or obesity who received education on resistance training and … Read more
Rethinking Childhood Obesity: The Advantages of Waist-to-Height Ratio Over BMI Introduction The conventional method of assessing childhood obesity, the Body Mass Index (BMI), has long been the standard in evaluating children and adolescents’ health risks related to weight. However, recent research underscores the limitations of BMI in accurately determining obesity levels, suggesting a shift toward … Read more
When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood. However, this is not the case for depression and anxiety, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Pediatrics reports. The study shows that … Read more
Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics say, after a new study suggested having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life. A child’s body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and physical activity levels have been linked to differences in the brain by the age of 20 – particularly the areas linked … Read more
TOPLINE: Overall, obesity at the time of cancer diagnosis is independently associated with worse survival outcomes in pediatric patients. The association, however, varied by cancer type with the strongest link in those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and central nervous system (CNS) tumors but with no significant associations found in those with lymphomas or non-CNS solid … Read more