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Childhood obesity is an issue of serious medical and social concern. In developing countries including India, it is a phenomenon seen in higher socioeconomic strata due to the adoption of a western lifestyle. Consumption of high calorie food, lack of physical activity and increased screen time are major risk factors for childhood obesity apart from ...
Rajni Sharma, Anju Seth
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Obesity, an excessive body fat content with increased risk of morbidity, has become increasingly common in children and adolescents. Confusion exists, however, over basic questions such as whether paediatric obesity matters, how to diagnose it, and whether it should be treated (and if so, how best to do this).
Reilly, J. J, Wilson, D.
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Recently released results from the 2011–13 Australian Health Survey(1) show that in 2011–2012, 25.3% of children aged 5 to 17 years were overweight (17.7%) or obese (7.6%), with girls (27.1% overweight/obese) doing somewhat worse than boys (23.6% overweight/obese).
Tseng, Marilyn+3 more
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Candy provides little nutritional value and contributes to children’s energy intake from added sugars. Factors influencing children’s candy intake remain largely unknown.
Erika Hernandez+4 more
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Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) acts on several brain regions, including the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, which is involved in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
Eirini V. Christaki+6 more
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Should strategies to tackle childhood obesity also focus on mental health? [PDF]
Childhood obesity continues to be a concern in the UK as in many other countries. Although there has been a ‘levelling off’ of BMI recorded through the National Childhood Measurement Programme in recent years the upward trend continues in older and more ...
Lewis, Kiara, MacKenzie, Abi
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The pediatrician's approach to overweight was best summarized by Bruch 25 years ago: The pediatrician plays an important role in the prevention of obesity. From birth on, feeding a child always involves a dual task--namely, offering food in appropriate amounts and gearing it to the child's expression of his needs.
C, Holtz, T M, Smith, F D, Winters
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Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood as a predictor of excessive gestational weight gain and obesity in midlife adulthood. [PDF]
BackgroundLower childhood socioeconomic position is associated with greater risk of adult obesity among women, but not men. Pregnancy-related weight changes may contribute to this gender difference.
Abrams, Barbara+3 more
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Validation of a Classroom Version of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger Paradigm in Preschoolers
Eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), a measure of children's propensity to eat beyond satiety in the presence of highly palatable food, has been associated with childhood obesity and later binge eating behavior. The EAH task is typically conducted in a
Emily E. Hohman+9 more
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