Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have now discovered that children born with a low birth weight are especially at risk of health complications if they later develop obesity. The research ...

One in every five children in Việt Nam suffers from childhood stunting, meaning their height-for-age is below the WHO’s Child ...

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 ...

Adding other covariates to the model did not improve the fit meaningfully; inclusion of child age and sex, and terms for the specific clinician and research assistant together increased the R 2 by ...

Between FY16 and FY23, around 3.7 million children missed out on the supplementary diet provided at anganwadis ...

As the May elections draw near, Sen. Grace Poe has urged the country’s next leaders to prioritize child-related issues such ...

Poor maternal health, sanitation gaps, and weak rural services fuel Karnataka chronic child malnutrition crisis State 9th in country on stunting, 10th for underweight kids Karnataka has recorded ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a 2% rise in the number of underweight children in 2025 over the last year, whereas the number of stunted children has gone up by 1% in the ...