Liraglutide (Saxenda; Novo Nordisk) significantly reduces body weight in children ages 6 to 11 with obesity when combined with changes in lifestyle, results of the SCALE Kids trial show. The mean ...

“Today, more than 1 in 5 young people (20.7%) live with overweight or obesity, and in Brazil, there are already about 17 million children and adolescents in this condition,” said the expert.

Rates in Canada were increasing before the pandemic, with higher rates of more severe obesity. The large study, which included data on 746 250 adults aged 18 and older, looked at trends in BMI over 15 ...

Canada is recognized globally for its world-leading obesity care guidelines — yet Canadians continue to struggle to access the very treatment plans we’ve developed. Meanwhile, the same model of care ...

As obesity rates rise across the U.S., new research from Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health at the University of ...

While parents and caregivers play a role in shaping children’s eating patterns, this does not mean they are responsible for childhood obesity. Various factors contribute to obesity, many of which are ...

For the first time in history, more children are obese than underweight, a shift UNICEF says is putting millions of kids at risk of life-threatening disease. The UN agency’s analysis, which covered ...

While there are no specific symptoms of childhood obesity, doctors define obesity by body mass index (BMI) according to the weight and height of a person. Childhood obesity can put a child at risk of ...