Nine in ten mothers of overweight children are blind to the fact their children have a a weight problem, national research shows. The Health Survey for England found that just one in four children who ...

Parents of overweight children have explained on a forum the reasons they feel their kids put on weight. A mum and researcher asked on Mumsnet what other parents found tricky when it came to their ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that problems associated with being overweight occur at a much younger age than previously thought. In a study reported in the journal Pediatrics, ...

Six out of every 10 adults in Northern Ireland are now overweight — with more than one in five defined as obese. And nearly one in every 10 children have also been assessed as obese. Health Minister ...

A comparison of Great Britain household surveys from 1999 and 2007 show the number of people classed as clinically overweight or obese has increased. But fewer adults now correctly class themselves as ...

MEN ACROSS Worcestershire are being asked to pay more attention to their bellies and be honest about their weight. The Men’s Health Forum, a national charity supporting men’s health, is challenging ...

THE UK is in the midst of an obesity epidemic with more than one in three children aged two to 15 now officially overweight or obese. Worryingly for parents, overweight kids are twice as likely to ...

Primary care physicians are increasingly demoralized. They are retiring at an increasing rate, while fewer young physicians are entering primary care residencies. [12] A clear illustration of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight children who are prone to binge-eating can down hundreds more calories at a sitting than their peers, yet still feel hungry again soon after, a new study shows.

Millions of Americans are in denial about having a weight problem which is stopping them from trying to slim down, U.S researchers have warned. Nearly 70 percent of U.S adults are now classified as ...

A survey conducted by Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital and local health and education bureaus, Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, with 2,000 6-to-7-year-old children, ...