Fat toddlers 'risk early puberty'
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Girls who are overweight as toddlers risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a study suggests.
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Government warnings could be sent to parents of obese children as young as five.
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NEW YORK  - Investigators have found that children, whose mothers had a larger body mass index (BMI) prior to pregnancy or a large mid-upper arm circumference in late pregnancy, also had higher levels of body fat at the age of 9 years than other children of the same age.
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Baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked with possible reproductive problems, a small study suggests
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THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are tall as toddlers or grow fast during their teenage years are more likely to have lower cholesterol levels as adults, British researchers report.
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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen as more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association has reported.
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Breastfeeding has many benefits  for babies, but protection from obesity may not be one of them,  a UK research team reports.
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A new UK study indicates that many parents of obese children have no idea their offspring have a problem. Researchers based at Plymouthâs Derriford Hospital carried out a survey involving 277 children and
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LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!) - Skinny teenagers and girls suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.
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Children who are malnourished in their first few years of life are more likely to be aggressive and antisocial throughout childhood and into their late teens, says a University of Southern California study.
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NEW YORK  - The age at which girls begin menstruation, termed menarche, is likely to be early if they were small babies but heavy as children, according to an Australian study.
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Nutritional deficiencies early in life may predispose children to behavioral problems into their teenage years, new research suggests.
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play a key, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests.
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Doctors and health advocates have warned for years that American children are getting fatter. Now even some kids&#039; teddy bears are packing on the pounds.
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The children of overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of lean mothers, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Children as young as two should be put on diets low in saturated fat, provided they are not underweight, the FSA says.
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BABY FAT: More than 10 percent of US children ages 2 to 5 are overweight - a figure 7 percent higher than in 1994, the American Heart Association (news - web sites) reports.