Children’s Requests for Unhealthy Foods: What’s Driving Pester Power and What Can Parents Do?

A new survey of over a thousand parents finds that more than half report their children frequently request unhealthy foods while shopping — with in-store placement, packaging, and advertising among the biggest drivers.

WeightControl.com Interview with:
Professor Emma Boyland PhD MBA MSc BSc
Chair of Food Marketing and Child Health
Deputy Dean for the Institute of Population Health
University of Liverpool
UK

A new analysis presented at ECO 2026 examines how food environments drive childhood obesity through children’s requests for unhealthy products — and what parents and policymakers can do about it. Continue reading “Children’s Requests for Unhealthy Foods: What’s Driving Pester Power and What Can Parents Do?”

NEJM: Semaglutide Evaluated for Pediatric Obesity

WeightControl.com Interview with:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Weghuber
Head of Department
Department of Pediatrics
Paracelsus Medical University
Austria
President of the European Childhood Obesity Group

Prof. Dr. Weghuber

WeightControl.com:  What is the background for this study? 

Response: In this study, researchers looked at the effect of semaglutide on body mass index (BMI) and weight loss compared to a dummy medicine (placebo).