The first child-specific body scan charts could enable physicians to assess obesity risk

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle ...
Well+Good

A mom’s BMI shifts are contagious—as if women needed *another* thing to worry about

A mom’s BMI shifts are contagious—as if women needed *another* thing to worry about. Here's what a new study found...and what to do about it. In a new study published in BMJ Open, researchers analyzed ...
Science Daily

Children's BMI can affect their future lung function

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, ...
Medscape

Phone Support Lowers BMI in Preschool Kids

A 2-year telephone-based intervention providing nurse-led support calls and short message service (SMS) to mothers was associated with a reduced BMI in children aged up to 5 years, with the greatest ...
News Medical

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes reduce child and adolescent BMI

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open investigates whether city-level sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxation affects child and adolescent body mass index (BMI) values in California between ...