(Natural News) Eating nutritious foods and avoiding junk food are important for your overall well-being. But according to a study, childhood obesity may be associated with a mother’s unhealthy diet before pregnancy The study conducted by researchers from the University of Southampton was published in the International Journal of Obesity. The research team found that following a balanced diet pre-pregnancy […]

(Natural News) The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic didn’t just affect the livelihood of millions of Americans and people across the world. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the coronavirus pandemic has also made childhood obesity worse. Pandemic lockdowns and childhood obesity For the CDC study, researchers examined 432,302 adolescents aged two to 19. According […]

(Natural News) The lockdowns meant to curb the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) have brought about another pandemic in childhood obesity, says a new study. In their report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists from the U.S. said that children gained significantly more weight than before the plandemic. Childhood obesity rates also spiked after lockdowns were […]

(Natural News) Probiotics can promote weight loss and improve the metabolic health of obese children, suggests a study presented at the 58th Annual European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Meeting in Austria. According to researchers from Fuzhou Children’s Hospital in Fujian, China, probiotics supplementation, combined with exercise and proper diet, is a promising strategy for preventing or treating childhood obesity. Probiotics […]

(Natural News) Your childhood might have involved lots of time spent running around outdoors and playing tag with the kids in the neighborhood. However, for many American kids these days, it’s a far different story. Baseballs and mitts have been replaced by tablets and smartphones, and kids are logging a staggering number of hours of […]

(Natural News) Experts warn parents to be careful when buying food and drinks for their kids. Researchers at the University of Glasgow in the U.K. found that many children’s food and drinks like fruit-based snacks, juices, yogurts, cereals and ready-to-eat meals marketed as “healthy” in the U.K. are not actually as healthy as claimed. The researchers […]

(Natural News) Good nutrition is essential for kids to grow up strong and healthy — even right out of the womb. In the past, breastfeeding was seen as “taboo” and “inferior” to formula feeding, but today we know better. This may sound shocking but breast milk is the perfect food for babies by design, and […]

(Natural News) Pregnant moms may protect their children from high blood pressure later in life by eating oily fish or taking omega-3 supplements every day, according to a study published in the JAMA Network Open. The findings are important because the number of obese children in the U.S. who experience high blood pressure continues to […]

(Natural News) Junk food companies are taking advantage of the regulatory loopholes to advertise their unhealthy products to millions of children online, adding fuel to the childhood obesity epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) urges authorities to take more effective measures to limit marketing strategies by these companies – which range from online games to […]

(Natural News) It may not be a virus, but obesity can spread from person to person. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics suggested that obesity can spread through communities like a social contagion. The study found that moving to an area with a high rate of obesity can increase your risk of becoming obese yourself, […]