The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of obesity on VA and MA and their relation with strength production capacity in adolescent girls. We hypothesized that the excess of body mass ...

The authors included data from 276,747 Danish children (137,493 girls) born from 1930–1982 ... above-average, overweight and obesity. The authors then followed the individuals from 1977 to 2022 in ...

A report from the New Mexico Department of Health shows progress with childhood obesity in the state. The report shows ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases predicted within the ...

particularly adolescent girls, in North America, Australasia, Oceania, north Africa and the Middle East, and Latin America ...

Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has been "compared with the HIV epidemic", said The Guardian. Unlike in most ...

Children overweight or obese may be at an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood, ...

New research has revealed that alarming link between childhood obesity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adulthood ...

particularly adolescent girls, in North America, Australasia, Oceania, north Africa and the Middle East, and Latin America that are expected to tip over to obesity predominance and require urgent ...