Infants being treated for obesity
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Doctors say they are now seeing children as young as six months old in their obesity clinics.
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Nursery children need an hour of daily exercise to prevent them becoming obesity victims, researchers warn.
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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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Los Angeles  pediatrician Francine Kaufman is on the front lines of the  childhood obesity epidemic, which has flooded her office with  diabetes patients and put kids at risk of adult health  problems.
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Obese children appear to be at risk of both constipation and lack of bowel control, new research reports.
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Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 22 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, and more than 17 million of them are in developing countries.
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A good night's sleep may reduce a child's risk of becoming obese, according to research from the US.
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MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDayNews) --  If your child is at high risk for being overweight or obese, restricting food probably isn't the best way to try to keep the youngster at a healthy weight.
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BABY FAT: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight &#151; a figure 7 percent higher than in 1994, the American Heart Association reports.
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Researchers surveyed parents of 277 children and found only a quarter of them recognised when their offspring were overweight. Where children were obese, a third of mothers and 57% of fathers thought they
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The stigma that society  attaches to obesity can cause children immediate, and possibly  lasting, harm, according to a research review.
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Physically active preschoolers are on to a good thing, but exercise alone won't keep obesity at bay as they get older, British researchers report.
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26/11/2004 - Healthy foods targeted at children may be coming up against a critical barrier to sales - most parents fail to recognise obesity and overweight problems in their children, according to a study out tomorrow.
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Babies who are born heavy and grow fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000 children in Hong Kong has shown.
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Government warnings could be sent to parents of obese children as young as five.
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NICE has recommended a raft of measures to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.