In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of ...

New York lawmakers are pushing to strengthen laws banning false, predatory marketing and advertising for unhealthy foods to curb childhood obesity.

The stakes are crystal clear as nearly one-third of New York's children are obese of overweight, state lawmakers noted, ...

Kavitha Cardoza, a journalist for the Hechinger Report, is one of the few people who has looked into education outcomes for kids with childhood obesity. And there's one trailblazer in Arizona trying ...

There are no blood or biologic tests for autism; it is diagnosed by making judgments about a child's behavior. Research has ...

Shockingly, around two in every five Americans are considered obese, as the world grapples with an obesity problem ...

A recent study shows that traditional insulin resistance measures such as HOMA-IR are more predictive of insulin resistance ...

Augusta University professor's research will focus on providing free or low-cost after-school care for children with cardiovascular risk factors.

A new study led by Professor Sayaka Nakamura from Sophia University in Japan and Professor Shiko Maruyama from Jinan ...