Learn about noma, a severe mouth disease linked to poverty and malnutrition, affecting children in Africa and beyond.

Underweight patients had significantly faster ... It's not unusual for studies to link obesity to protective effects against some diseases. For years, researchers have tried to understand or ...

While an elevated BMI increases the risk of a range of cardiometabolic diseases and is responsible ... more health risks if the child is born underweight. One example is sensitivity to the hormone ...

Respondents are invited to report their body height and weight. On the basis of these data, respondents can be categorised as underweight, normal weight or overweight. This is done by means of the ...

The highest rate of underweight children was found to be 4.22 percent for 12-year-old girls and 3.88 percent for 15-year-old boys. Boys ages 7 and those 9 to 17 also logged record rates ...