While teachers said overweight students' essays were of the same quality as slimmer children, the overweight children received lower marks.

5% of children suffer from hypertension, 10% are pre-diabetic, and 40% are anemic, a government survey has found.

An inactive lifestyle and unhealthy diet are to blame.

And the commercial food industry is filling the gaps with cheap junk, a Lancet report finds.

Genes determine kids' weight more than any pressure or restriction on eating.

It's a surprise, given that the reverse is true for adults.

Looks like we were meant to have a little dirt in our lives.

Gendered social expectations might be stressing girls' metabolisms.

The reward processing regions of some kids' brains are smaller.

Little wonder obesity is on the rise in India's concrete jungles.

It’s not news that sleep is critical for good health and proper child development. But what is becoming clearer is the fallout of not getting the right kind of rest. A new study has linked poor sleep quality to higher 

The latest childhood obesity statistics are profoundly disappointing: A new study published last week in The Lancet paints a clear picture of an unhealthy present and worrisome future: Across four decades, child obesity increased tenfold around the world — from 11 

A recent study suggests rising rates of childhood obesity could be less about the desire to eat unhealthy foods, and more about how children respond to that desire. The research, published in the journal NeuroImage, found adolescents who were either obese 

A review of studies related to obesity and sugar has found specifically reducing fructose (as in high fructose corn syrup) intake results in dramatic improvements to metabolism in as little as two weeks, much faster than it it takes for 

Childhood obesity is a rising problem in India; estimates expect as many as 17 million kids will be obese by 2025, if nothing changes. Which is why we need all of the information around the condition we can get. Luckily, 

I sat in my living room at 3 am – sleep deprived, my hair in a messy bun, trying to shove a milk bottle in the mouth of one of my 5-month-old twins, who refused to drink. His last meal