NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight children may show a collection of risk factors for heart disease by the time they are teenagers, a new study shows. Sign up here. Researchers found that ...

People who were overweight as children but achieve a normal weight by young adulthood appear to have a long-term risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) similar to what’s seen in people who were never ...

In an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who had overweight or obesity at age 14 or 31 were more likely to have an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke before age 55, according to research ...

Individuals transitioning from overweight to obese in adulthood may have a higher ovarian cancer risk, emphasizing the need for primary prevention strategies. The study identified three BMI trajectory ...

Share on Pinterest A study in people with overweight and obesity found that misaligned circadian rhythms are linked to raised metabolic risk factors. skaman306/Getty Images A study in overweight ...

obese man, overweight, obesity, AUA 2017, urology, nephrology Even healthy teens with high-normal BMI are at risk for CKD. Adolescents who have a high-normal body mass index (BMI) or are overweight or ...

In a world where slimness is often equated with health, a new Danish study has flipped the narrative: being slightly overweight, or even mildly obese, may not be as deadly as once thought. In fact, in ...

Form Health, a virtual obesity care provider, launched a new program on Tuesday to prevent the shift from overweight to obesity. Boston-based Form Health already offers an obesity program for ...

Wrist size may be a better predictor of heart health than BMI for growing kids. April 12, 2011— -- Predicting an overweight child's risk of diabetes and heart disease may be as simple as ...