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Is Consumption of Fruit Juice Associated with an Increased Risk of Overweight or Obesity in Canadian School Age Children?

Interdisciplinary Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, 2023
Background: Obesity rates in Canada have tripled in the last three decades. Up to 32% of 5-17-year-olds in Canada are overweight (20%) or obese (12%). Excess weight in childhood has been linked to health issues that are major public health concern.
Ivan L. Cepeda
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Blood cells as a source of transcriptional biomarkers of childhood obesity and its related metabolic alterations: results of the IDEFICS Study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: IDEFICS (Identification and Prevention of Dietary-and Lifestyle-Induced Health Effects in Children and Infants Project) is a European multicenter study on childhood obesity.
Ahrens, Wolfgang, De Henauw, Stefaan, Fraterman, Arno, Marild, Staffan, Molnar, Denes, Moreno, Luisa A, Palou, Andreu, Peplies, Jenny, Pico, Catalina, Priego, Teresa, Russo, Paolo, Sanchez, Juana, Siani, Alfonso, Tornaritis, Michael, Veidebaum, Toomas   +14 more
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Applying systems thinking in youth-centred participatory action research for health promotion in an underserved neighbourhood

Frontiers in Public Health
PurposeChildhood overweight is considered a complex problem influenced by a range of factors, including energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) and interacting drivers of these behaviours.
Helga Emke, Helga Emke, Helga Emke, Teatske Altenburg, Teatske Altenburg, Coosje Dijkstra, Coosje Dijkstra, Angie Luna Pinzon, Angie Luna Pinzon, Karien Stronks, Karien Stronks, Wilma Waterlander, Wilma Waterlander, Stef Kremers, Mai Chinapaw, Mai Chinapaw   +15 more
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Et rom hvor kroppen kan tre fram gjennom ulike uttrykk. Refleksjoner etter en pilotstudie om overvekt, kvinner og magedans

Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2016
A space where the body can emerge through various expressions. Reflections around a pilot study on overweight, women and belly dancing This article is based on the implementation of, and reflections on the experiences from a pilot study in belly dancing ...
Trude Jægtvik, Kari Kvigne, Per Kristian Roghell   +2 more
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An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To use an ecological systems approach to examine individual-, family-, community- and area-level risk factors for overweight (including obesity) in 3-year-old children. Methods: A prospective nationally representative cohort study conducted in
Cole, T.J., Hawkins, S.S., Law, C., Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group, The   +3 more
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Multilevel correlates of household anthropometric typologies in Colombian mothers and their infants [PDF]

, 2018
Background. The aim of this study was to establish the association of maternal, family, and contextual correlates of anthropometric typologies at the household level in Colombia using 2005 Demographic Health Survey (DHS/ENDS) data.Methods.
Brownson, R. C, Gomez, L. F, Haire-Joshu, D., Iannotti, L., Parra, D. C, Sebert Kuhlmann, A. K   +5 more
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Obesity Treatment Recommendations in the Philippines: Perspective on their Utility and Implementation in Clinical Practice

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2014
This article briefly reviews the obesity practice recommendations of the Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity (PASOO) and the obesity guidelines of the Family Medicine Research Group (FMRG) of the UP-Philippine General Hospital.
Gabriel V. Jasul, Jr., Rosa Allyn G. Sy
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Peer Victimization in Overweight Adolescents and Its Effect on Their Self-Esteem and Peer Difficulties [PDF]

, 2019
This study has three objectives: to examine whether adolescents who perceive themselves as overweight differ from others in terms of offline victimization at school, cybervictimization, self-esteem, and difficulties relating to peers; to examine the ...
Núñez, Andrea, Núñez, José Carlos, Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen, Álvarez García, David   +3 more
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Effects of Lactobacillus curvatus HY7601 and Lactobacillus plantarum KY1032 on Overweight and the Gut Microbiota in Humans: Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

, 2022
Sung Joon Mo, Kippeum Lee, Hyoung-Ju Hong, Dong-Ki Hong, Seung-Hee Jung, Soo-Dong Park, Jae-Jung Shim, Jung-Lyoul Lee   +7 more
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Assessment of aortic elasticity parameters in obese and overweight children

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background. Aortic elasticity is a predictor and recognized factor for future cardiovascular events in children. The aim of the study was to evaluate the aortic stiffness in obese and overweight children compared to healthy ones.
Noor Mohammad Noori, Maryam Nakhaei-Moghadam, Alireza Teimouri   +2 more
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