Parents have long feared allowing their children to stay in front of the TV for too long, and now a new study seems to be validating some of those concerns.
A new study finds that childhood obesity may cause brain damage, affecting the areas of the brain in control of emotions, cognitive functions, and appetite control.
Researchers from Linköping University say just how fit middle-aged men were during their youth appears connected to heart health outcomes in the present.
A team from Stanford University notes that children who are malnourished or deal with chronic undernutrition often experience childhood stunting and poor brain development.
Scientists have found that people with a higher genetic risk of becoming obese really do need to exercise harder than others with a moderate or low genetic risk of gaining excess weight.