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Childhood obesity management guidelines: sixth Guideline Development Group meeting
World Health Organization· 1 day agoObesity, in children, adolescents and adults is a public health concern in almost all regions of the...
A generation at risk: Is early puberty the new public health crisis?
OregonLive.com· 8 hours agoToday’s young people are hitting puberty earlier and starting menstruation younger. The number of...
BMI Affirmed as Good Screening Tool for Kids, Teens With Elevated Adiposity
MedPage Today· 4 days agoDespite the limitations of body mass index (BMI), the measure effectively screened children and adolescents for elevated adiposity, both as expressed by fat mass index (FMI ...
High blood pressure in adulthood might begin in childhood
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 6 days agoResearchers have discovered childhood obesity might lead to high blood pressure in adulthood. The more weight a person gains during puberty, the more likely ...
Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55
Medical Xpress· 14 hours agoIn an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who had overweight or obesity at age 14...
Why Are Girls Starting Menstruation Early? What the Research Says
Healthline· 2 days agoA new study finds that females born in the early 2000s started menstruating around 6 months earlier than those born during the 1950s and 60s. While the increase in obesity ...
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may improve taste sensitivity in women, preliminary research suggests
Salon.com· 1 day agoSemaglutide — a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 agonist) that’s the active...
Women overweight as teen or young adult more likely to have stroke: study
WYDC-TV· 8 hours agoResearchers found that women carrying excess weight at age 14 or 31 may be at an increased risk of...
Study looks at links between cognition, psychopathology, weight in preteens
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoLower cognition and greater psychopathology at baseline are associated with increased weight gain...
New study finds that Black children begin to menstruate at earlier ages
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRecommended Stories “This implies that childhood obesity, which has been increasing in the U.S.,...