Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a study of 710,949 children and teens.
Read »Navigation
User login
Visit the BiotechMashup Blog
Best upcoming scoops - Health
- New model to measure disease burden of postmenopausal osteoporosis
- High stress hormone levels linked to increased cardiovascular mortality
- Researchers analyze impact of chemical BPA in dental sealants used in children
- New hot spot for genesis of signaling neurons in adult brain
- How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells