Palo Alto, California-based Kurbo Health, which is developing a mobile-enabled program aimed at preventing childhood obesity, announced that it plans to monetize the program as a subscription-based ...

A federally funded systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 childhood obesity-prevention programs (with 20 discrete interventions) in high-income countries has found: Programs that promoted healthy ...

HealthDay News — Obesity prevention interventions in children can be effective, according to a review published online first in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Elizabeth Waters, MPH, ...

Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically over ...

Existing approaches to behavioral programs targeted at parents with children up to age 12 months and that aim to combat childhood obesity are insufficient to improve body mass index (BMI) at ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated ...

An intervention to decrease parental stress and increase healthy nutrition reduced both early childhood obesity risk and parent stress, according to a new study in Pediatrics. As childhood obesity ...

During the program evaluators’ session, a number of themes emerged regarding actions that hold promise for improving the ability of evaluators to measure the progress and outcomes of community-based ...

A meta-analysis of 17 trials including over 9,000 toddlers found no evidence that parent-focused early childhood obesity prevention programs have an impact on young children's BMI. Authors say their ...

A landmark study led by the University of Sydney has found no evidence that family-based early obesity prevention programs, such as home visits from health professionals or community parent groups, ...

Childhood obesity in Pacific communities represents a complex challenge underpinned by unique environmental, cultural and socioeconomic factors. Prevention programmes have evolved from simple ...