The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

One part of parenting is deciding when their teenager poses or has a problem; another is dealing with the problem in a rationally constructive and not emotionally upset way.

In Louisiana, nearly all of the adults in the state — and the majority of adolescents — are projected to be overweight or obese by 2050. The commission aims to address treatment limitations ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) for insisting that its directive on ...

By using the definition of resilient functioning ... is needed to explore how these friendships which are developed in adolescence aid resilient functioning in early adulthood, and also to ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of ... heart failure or other organ dysfunction.

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...

Both embody a kind of cartoonish vision of masculinity that is particularly appealing to adolescent boys. White, who admitted to slapping his wife after it was caught on tape, has also become fast ...

chair of child and adolescent health at the University of Sydney in Australia, said in a news release. "This will also save healthcare resources by reducing the rate of overdiagnosis and ...