(iVillage Total Health) - Nearly 1 out of every 10 infants and toddlers were overweight between 2003 and 2004, according to newly released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Here's a powerful new motivator for moms who've struggled with weight all their lives and pray their kids won't have to: Overweight problems begin in the womb. Yep, pregnant women with too much body ...

In an extremely rare case, a woman from Madhya Pradesh delivered a boy weighing 5.2 kg through caesarean section at a government-run hospital in Jabalpur, and, according to doctors, it was the "first ...

Shrug off strangers' comments in the grocery checkout line about your baby's chubby cheeks and your mom's insistence that your baby is too skinny and needs to eat more. Babies "come in different sizes ...

BOSTON - A new study finds how you feed your young baby may influence their degree of body fat in childhood. Researchers at the University of Colorado analyzed data on 700 mother-child pairs and found ...

One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. By Simar Bajaj For ...

(Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who opt for surgical cesarean deliveries may be more likely than those who have vaginal deliveries to have a child that is overweight by its first birthday, a small ...

BOSTON - A new study finds babies exposed to "forever chemicals" in the womb are more likely to be overweight. PFAS is a group of these so-called "forever chemicals" that are found in hundreds of ...

Parents don't always know when their kids are too heavy. The methods used for adults don't work well for kids, but there is one measure that is useful. Welcome to the It's NOT Just Baby Fat blog. Let ...