Obesity News

Rapid weight gain at age 0 to 6 months and high maternal prepregnancy BMI are associated with increased odds for higher waist-to-height ratio, overweight and obesity children age 5 years, according to study findings.

Children of women with gestational diabetes and pregestational obesity are more likely to develop ADHD than offspring of women with normal weight, according to study findings.

New data show global step counts decreased heavily in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic counts and continue to remain below average, even after 2 years since the pandemic began.

Survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for experiencing a high burden of long-term chronic health conditions, including high rates of obesity in adulthood, in part related to specific cancer treatments.

Regardless of patient sex or BMI, initiating colorectal cancer screening with colonoscopy at age 45 years or with fecal immunochemical testing at age 40 years was cost-effective, according to new research.

Higher body fat, whether determined by percentage, fat mass, fat mass index or visceral adipose tissue, was associated with higher risk for mortality among adults, according to study data.

Sleeve gastrectomy for class 1 obesity led to more weight loss and diabetes prevention compared with intensive lifestyle modification but was linked to higher risks for substance use disorder and self-harm, according to new data.

Multimodal telemonitoring may aid in weight loss efforts by patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity, according to a study published in Chest.

Adolescents who sleep fewer hours at night had a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity compared with those who slept for the guideline-recommended 8 hours per night, according to a new study.

Evening chronotype was associated with more severe nonalcoholic fatty liver disease independent of age, sex and BMI compared with morning chronotype among adults with obesity, according to data published in International Journal of Obesity.