A self-described “mama bear” is swatting back at fatphobes who have criticized her 9-month-old daughter for being “full” figured. “In [my daughter’s] nine months of being alive, I have had seven women ...

Babies are supposed to be cute and chubby, the perfect size for stashing in medium-sized flowerpots! There’s a reason the phrase “baby fat” exists as its own pudginess qualifier, and it’s also why ...

Practically all newborns experience a slight drop in weight during their few days of life. After that, healthy infants gradually tick up the scale as they're nourished with breast milk, formula, and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born to overweight or obese women have more fat and less muscle than infants born to normal-weight moms, according to one of the first studies to compare newborns' ...

NEW YORK - Fat babies may be happy babies, but babies who gain weight too quickly are more likely to be overweight as adults, research suggests. Newborns who bulk up by four months old are twice as ...

A new study published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that babies born to mothers who consumed a high-fat, high-sugar diet before and during pregnancy may be at greater risk of developing heart ...

Babies born to mothers with a diet high in fat and sugar may be more at risk of developing heart problems and diabetes as adults, according to a recent study on baboons. Physiologists at the ...