Children as young as four weeks old are being fed a poor diet of biscuits, ice-cream and soft drinks, according to new research. A new study found some month-old babies had been introduced to high fat, salt and sugar foods, despite health authorities recommending exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age.

NEW YORK — Forty percent of New York schoolchildren are either overweight or obese.

Gordon Browns trusted lieutenant for sixteen years Ed Balls surprised nobody when he entered the race to succeed him as Leader of the Labour Party in 2010.

Each year, Jean Coffey has to tell more and more parents that their children are obese. “It’s challenging, because you don’t want to come across as condescending or negative,” said Coffey, a pediatric nurse practitioner in Essex.

School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, according to research from the University of Michigan Medical School. The study also looked at foods sold in school stores, snack bars and other …

Jobless Sam, 36, and Pete Smith, 40, have been given the new house in Bristol to house their feral brood of 10.

More teens are getting cardiac problems today. Is it stress, the lifestyle or just the air? Aneesh Mahajan (name changed), 14, a ninth standard student in Mumbai, had been having problems with anxiety and palpitations for some time.

Title: Americans Blind to the Obesity Epidemic Category: Health News Created: 9/2/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/3/2010

All across the country, obesity rates continue to grow, especially in children.

Being an adolescent now is very different from being one just one or two generations ago and we will not understand the teenage years if we project our own experiences on to them.