All primary schools in Carmarthenshire must offer two hours of physical education (PE) per week, following a hard-hitting ...

When it came to prevalence by education level, those with a bachelor's degree or more had the lowest prevalence of obesity at 31.6% between August 2021 and August 2023.

Far less discussed are the educational outcomes for these children. Research has found that students with obesity are more likely to get lower grades in reading and math and to repeat a grade, and ...

1) The Obesity Society is a two-year quality improvement project to enhance obesity education by creating a comprehensive, competency-based curriculum called FORWARD Education QI Obesity Project.

All primary schools in Carmarthenshire will have to offer two hours of physical education per week after council chiefs ...

The development comes in the backdrop of growing concerns about youth obesity, with the education ministry communicating this plan to the health ministry for analyzing the outcomes to make necessary ...

Obesity is a growing global health crisis, particularly in the U.S., where its prevalence is expected to rise significantly by 2030. While various factors like behavior, genetics, and environment ...

An uncomfortable reality in Scotland today is that too many young children are at risk of obesity. A quarter will be classed ...

As a result, the impact of childhood obesity on future employment, education, parental leave and long-term sick leave remains unclear. To address this, ...

Royal Society for Public Health modelling predicts that 40% of primary school leavers will be obese by 2034/35.

The number of overweight and obese adults in India is expected to rise from 180 million in 2021 to an 449 million by 2050.

Americans with obesity face almost double the financial hardship as their peers without obesity, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine that highlighted not only elevated out-of ...