Childhood obesity News

At the McDonald's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, a 9 year-old girl faced the company's CEO in objection to the fast food giant's poor nutrition - just days after the return of the "mega potato" in Japan.

Fast food chain McDonald's has rejected for a second time an anti-obesity proposal tabled in response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity fuelled by junk food.

In the largest study of its kind to date, an international team of researchers has identified two new gene adaptations that increase the risk of common childhood obesity.

A group of researchers from the University of Granada in Granada Spain discovered a strong link between children eating at home and their level of nutrition.

Over 500 health organizations across the US have mobilized against McDonald's, saying the fast food giant is peddling poor nutrition to America's children.

With members of the American sugar farming industry suing over the 'corn sugar' advertising label levied by those with high-fructose corn syrup interests, the end result still remains that both sweeteners are quite unhealthy.

Feeding babies solid food earlier than six months have a higher risk in becoming obese before they reach the age of three, researchers say.

Washington - A new report suggests more than 9 million young adults are too overweight to serve in the military, a growing concern that will threaten national security within 20 years if the trend is not reversed. A veterans military group blames school lunches.