Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most seriou

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and

In the 2001 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, warned of the negati

Due to the resultant health consequences and considerable increase in prevalence, obesity has become a major worldwide health problem. “Obesity and Lipotoxici