The stress, lack of exercise and poor nutrition resulting from the disruption and isolation of the pandemic shutdown led many children and adolescents to gain excess weight. But weight gain was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children evaluated during the pandemic were more likely to be heavier than peers before the pandemic. Authors ...

In a recent study published in Communications Medicine, researchers examined the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) in India. Study: ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers evaluate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated changes in gestational weight gain (GWG) patterns by the timing of conception and ...

The pandemic has not been kind to many peoples’ waist circumference or the number of chins they are carrying. Even those who have received the vaccine remain cautious. Who knows whether the new ...

The rate of body mass index change in children nearly doubled from March to November 2020 compared to the rate of BMI change before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study published Thursday in ...

Some people may have gained more than 1.5 pounds on average per month during Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders last March and April. Forty-five out of 50 US state governments issued shelter-in-place ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Frances McCullar in November 2022 (left) and in April 2023.Mary Frances McCullar Mary Frances McCullar wanted to lose the ...