City leaders across The Netherlands are to be given new powers allowing them to ban fast food outlets and take other measures to help tackle rising levels of child obesity.
Extra investment is also being set...Read more
Children raised in urban areas with high levels of air pollution, noise and traffic may be more susceptible to childhood obesity, according to researchers in Spain.Read more
Childhood obesity is a major public health concern in the UK. Surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018 showed that 28 per cent of children aged from two to 15 in England were overweight or obese.Read more
Brain imaging ‘can predict childhood weight gain’
A greater density of cells in a key reward centre of the brain is associated with obesity in children and predicts future weight gain, says a new study by...Read more