Underweight infants at risk as teens: study
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Children born underweight but not disabled are still more likely to have physical and mental problems as teen-agers, researchers said on Monday.
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Babies of teenage mothers and infants who have a low birth weight have a higher risk of committing suicide later in life than other children, according to Swedish scientists.
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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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TUESDAY, Jan. 1  (HealthDay News) -- Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight or obese, new research shows.
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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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Girls who are overweight as toddlers risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK OCT 18, 2004  - Children who are overweight appear to have an increased risk of cancer in later life, according to the results of a study published in the November 1st issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are overweight  appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life,  according to an analysis of British records.
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Babies who never sleep on their stomachs don&#39;t learn behaviors that may lessen their risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
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Women who were underweight when they were born have an increased risk of severe pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, a large Swedish study suggests.
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MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The self-esteem of children who become overweight or obese is likely to fall, claims a new study that confirms what many heavy children and their parents already know.
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Overweight and obese adolescents may be more likely to have physical problems than their normal-weight peers but they don't seem to be worse off mentally, according to national study findings.
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NEW YORK  - Bigger babies seem to have a  greater risk of developing certain cancers as adults, a new  study finds.
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Older American teenagers living in poverty have grown fatter at a higher rate than their peers, according to research that seems to underscore the unequal burden of obesity on the nation&#039;s poor.
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Adolescents are less likely to  suffer complications from obesity surgery than adults, a  reassuring finding because little had been known about the risk  facing the small but growing number of teens who opt for it,  researchers said on Thursday.
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Paris - Many parents have no idea that their child could be overweight, according to a study which found that offspring who are chronically fat are typically viewed by their mother and father as being of normal weight.
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NEW YORK  - Women who are underweight before they become pregnant are at heightened risk for suffering a miscarriage in the first trimester, a UK study shows, but taking vitamin supplements and eating fresh fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk.