New United States research has found that carrying extra weight may be responsible for around a quarter of asthma cases in obese children.
New research in the U.S. has shown for the first time that being overweight can have a negative impact on the liver health of kids as young as 8 years old.
Regularly eating together as a family helps pass healthy eating habits onto children that last well into adulthood, potentially preventing obesity later in life.
It's not only a mother's weight which can impact her child's heath; children with obese fathers are also more likely to also be obese.
From the sample, over half of the children had a TV in their bedroom at age 7, a finding in line with other recent reports which suggest that children are increasingly using media devices in their bedrooms, including tablets and laptops.
The study found that people who were teased as teens were more likely to become emotional eaters, eating in response to emotional stress, especially women.
The researchers studied three household routines when children were three years old: regular bedtime, regular mealtime and whether or not parents limited TV and video watching.
Child obesity could be 35 to 40 percent inherited from parents, irrespective of the child’s country of residence, according to...
