There's new evidence the childhood obesity epidemic may be leveling off. The past three decades have been an utter disaster in terms of childhood obesity, with the percentage of obese six-to-11-year-olds rising from 6.5 percent in 1980 to 16.3 ...

Skyrocketing childhood obesity rates have an unwanted side effect -- more kids are being put on prescription medications to combat related chronic diseases. A recent study revealed there have been surges in prescriptions for children with diabetes ...

Is childhood obesity truly becoming an epidemic in western ociety? Perhaps, perhaps not -- but U.S. President George Bush said yesterday that it's a pretty costly problem for the country. In addition to that, Bush said that childhood obesity also ...

Imagine being told your child is at risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, liver failure, sleep apnea, and a shortened life span. Imagine this blow getting worse as you learn that nearly every organ in your child's body is ...

Photo: Getty Images I saw a baby in church who was so fat, it looked painful. I looked at her fat parents and wanted to slap them both silly -- Three Stooges style -- but we were in church. The preacher was talking about forgiveness, and as bad ...

If you're expecting, not only should you not count calories, you should be wary of pesticides too, according to recent reports. In studying childhood obesity, researchers discovered a strong link between chemical contamination in the womb and cases ...

What can a half a billion dollars buy you? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hoping it buys a little hope for the future, and the foundation has committed the money toward fighting childhood obesity. The money is available in grant form to anyone ...

Childhood obesity, after years of being shoved under the table by many school leaders, parents and authorities, is finally seeing some attention as some kids become ever-fatter. In Pittsburgh, the 'We Can!' project (courtesy of the National ...