Risk factors associated with the atypical BMI trajectory included prenatal smoking, high prepregnancy BMI, high gestational weight gain, and high birth weight. HealthDay News — Children on the path to ...

The data showed that kids who don’t see their BMI decline between ages 1 and 6 have a greater risk of obesity. This risk was ...

But how do you know if your child is classified as being overweight or having obesity? Medically speaking, doctors use a term you may already be familiar with: BMI, or body mass index. Familiarity ...

They found that a child's growth was linked to its mother's BMI in early pregnancy—and that every 5kg/m 2 increase in a woman's BMI was associated with an increase in their child's BMI by 0.11kg ...

Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study says.

An abnormal BMI in children -- be it high or low -- can now be associated with impaired lung function, but if their BMI is normalized before they reach adulthood, the impairment can be offset ...

Paternal obesity was associated with rapid BMI growth trajectories among offspring, especially in the presence of maternal obesity.

Children born to mothers who are very obese with a BMI of 35 or higher are at heightened risk of being admitted to hospital ...

Children born to women who are obese have a higher risk of landing in a hospital with a severe infection, a new study says.

The study suggests there are opportunities to reduce childhood obesity, such as encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking and manage healthy weight gain, as well as closely monitoring children ...