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  • Drinking fruit juice as a child can stop obesity later in life new research suggests.

  • A recent study uncovers a connection between obesity and iron deficiency, revealing hidden malnutrition risks for kids.

  • Parents are overloading kids’ meals with imbalanced diets, fortified foods with misleading labels and added sugars, say experts .

  • Is childhood obesity becoming a public health crisis in India? Experts warn of an alarming rise in obesity among Indian kids, posing serious risks to their growth and development.

  • Virginia Sole-Smith, a 'fat activist,' has sparked controversy for saying childhood obesity is not a problem, anti-fat bias is and that she lets her children eat whatever they want - even against .

  • To address this, the American Academy of Pediatrics designed The Injury Prevention Program, or TIPP.

  • Healthcare professionals should be aware of the possibility of stigmatization and bullying when assessing the social and mental health of children and adolescents with chronic skin disorders.

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  • Obesity, low vitamin D levels, and lack of physical activity are increasing rare childhood hip joint disorders among children aged 10-12.

  • Throughout my years of service on the Dane County Board of Supervisors and the Wisconsin State Assembly, one of my top policy priorities has been improving access to health care and reducing the .

  • It’s not the Food Before the 20th century, obesity and cardiometabolic diseases such as type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were uncommon.

  • Dr Elisa Pineda, an academic at Imperial's School of Public Health who authored the paper, said: "For governments, especially in the UK, our findings underscore the efficacy of HFSS food taxes as a .