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Should strategies to tackle childhood obesity also focus on mental health? [PDF]

, 2015
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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Childhood obesity [PDF]

Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy, 2016
Essential facts Nearly one third of children aged 2-15 in England are overweight or obese. Younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying so for longer. Reducing obesity levels is a major public health challenge as the condition doubles the risk of dying prematurely.
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Patient-reported outcome measures can advance population health, but is access to instruments and use equitable?

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Patient reported outcome measures (PROM) can engage patients and clinicians to improve health outcomes. Their population health impact may be limited by systematic barriers inhibiting access to completion.
Carolyn F. McCabe, Carolyn F. McCabe, G. Craig Wood, Jennifer Franceschelli-Hosterman, Jennifer Franceschelli-Hosterman, William J. Cochran, Jennifer S. Savage, Lisa Bailey-Davis, Lisa Bailey-Davis, Lisa Bailey-Davis   +9 more
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Physical Activity in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity: The Position of the European Childhood Obesity Group and the European Academy of Pediatrics

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Obesity affects an increasing number of children and adolescents. Physical activity (PA) is a significant factor in the prevention of excessive body mass in the pediatric population.
Justyna Wyszyńska, Justyna Wyszyńska, Susanne Ring-Dimitriou, Susanne Ring-Dimitriou, David Thivel, David Thivel, Daniel Weghuber, Daniel Weghuber, Adamos Hadjipanayis, Adamos Hadjipanayis, Zachi Grossman, Zachi Grossman, Robert Ross-Russell, Robert Ross-Russell, Katarzyna Dereń, Katarzyna Dereń, Artur Mazur, Artur Mazur, Artur Mazur   +18 more
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Infant Food Responsiveness in the Context of Temperament and Mothers' Use of Food to Soothe

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Parents' use of food to soothe an infants' non-hunger related distress may impair an infants' development of appetite self-regulation. Parents tend to use food to soothe if their infant has more ‘difficult' temperamental tendencies.
Holly A. Harris, Amy M. Moore, Cara F. Ruggiero, Lisa Bailey-Davis, Jennifer S. Savage   +4 more
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Protocol for the development of Core Outcome Sets for Early intervention trials to Prevent Obesity in CHildren (COS-EPOCH)

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Childhood overweight and obesity is prevalent in the first 5 years of life, and can result in significant health and economic consequences over the lifetime.
Marj Moodie, Marufa Sultana, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Anna Lene Seidler, Kylie D Hesketh, Rachael Taylor, Kylie Elizabeth Hunter, Vicki Brown, Dorota Zarnowiecki, Rebecca Byrne, Huong Ngoc Quynh Tran, Rebecca Golley   +11 more
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Using Group Model Building to Understand Factors That Influence Childhood Obesity in an Urban Environment [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Despite increased attention, conventional views of obesity are based upon individual behaviors, and children and parents living with obesity are assumed to be the primary problem solvers.
Bachrach, Ann L., Fuller, Brett A., Greer, Yvonne, Horrigan, Katie, Meurer, John R., Nelson, David A., O\u27Connor, Sarah P., Pritchard, Kathleen, Shields, Tony, Simenz, Christopher J., Springer, Judy B.   +10 more
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Sorry Parents, Children Consume High Amounts of Candy before and after a Meal: Within-Person Comparisons of Children’s Candy Intake and Associations with Temperament and Appetite

Children, 2022
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, Amy M. Moore, Brandi Y. Rollins, Alison Tovar, Jennifer S. Savage   +4 more
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Childhood Maltreatment and BMI Trajectories to Mid-Adult Life: Follow-Up to Age 50y in a British Birth Cohort. [PDF]

, 2015
Childhood maltreatment including abuse and neglect has been associated with adult obesity, but evidence on life-course development of obesity or BMI gain is unclear.
Li, L, Pinto Pereira, SM, Power, C
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Circulating FGF21 vs. Stress Markers in Girls during Childhood and Adolescence, and in Their Caregivers: Intriguing Inter-Relations between Overweight/Obesity, Emotions, Behavior, and the Cared-Caregiver Relationship

Children, 2022
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, Panagiota Pervanidou, Ioannis Papassotiriou, Aimilia Mantzou, Giorgos Giannakakis, Dario Boschiero, George P. Chrousos   +6 more
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