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Fussy children in poor families are not exposed to healthy food

Sadly, eating healthy is expensive. Counter intuitively, poor people are often the ones who are overweight, out of shape and

Most Americans continue to sit for prolonged periods despite public health messages that such inactivity increases the risk of obesity,

New research, published in Obesity, has found that people with obesity are not only stigmatised, but are blatantly dehumanised. Obesity

Children born to mothers with gestational diabetes and who were easier to soothe as infants were at a higher risk

Having a television in the bedroom during the preschool years can lead to mental and physical health problems in adolescence,

Older children and teenagers may have a higher risk of obesity if they consistently don’t get enough sleep, according to

Many people who wish to lose weight are actually hoping their close ones to be pressing them to keep working

The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) is seeking new ways to get health messages out to women and girls. According

A fresh look by the University of Bristol at how teenagers are affected by their asthma, eczema or obesity has

Research carried out at the University of Adelaide shows that obese women lost more weight and improved their health by