Association between order of eating and thinness among preschool children in Taizhou, China: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundOrder of eating is reportedly associated with childhood obesity. However, few studies have examined the relationship between the order of consumption of vegetables and meat/fish and childhood thinness.
Jingyun Yang +10 more
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Underweight, Overweight and Anaemia among Persons Aged 60 Years or Older Residing in an Urban Resettlement Colony of Delhi: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Nutritional deficiencies are common among elderly person aged 60 years or older. Elderly persons suffer the dual burden of overnutrition and undernutrition.
Anil Kumar Goswami +4 more
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NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS AND RELATED RISK FACTORS IN A COHORT OF YOUNG MEDITERRANEAN POPULATION [PDF]
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2021 Today, obesity and thinness have a high impact on young generations which could affect their entire lifetime. The aim of our study was to investigate possible relationships between nutritional disorders and the presence of some risk factors in childhood ...
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Association between subjective degree of influence in class and thinness among adolescents in Japan
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 Social status in school, measured by subjective degree of influence in class (DOI), may influence thinness among adolescents. This study examined the association between subjective degree of influence in class and thinness among Japanese adolescents ...
Nanako Ishikawa +6 more
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Risk factors of persistent adolescent thinness: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Thinness during adolescence can increase the risk of adverse health outcomes across the life-course and impede development. There is limited research examining the prevalence and determinants of persistent adolescent thinness in the United ...
H. Whitfield +4 more
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The arithmetic dilemma when defining thinness, overweight and obesity in stunted populations
Human Biology and Public Health, 2022 Background: Critical cut-off values of BMI-for-age z-scores (BAZ) are used to define “thinness”, “overweight” and “obesity”, but the validity of these cut-off values needs to be questioned in populations that are shorter or taller than the reference. We
Michael Hermanussen +3 more
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An assessment of nutritional status in children of rural, northern KwaZulu-Natal province
South African Family Practice, 2020 Background: Childhood malnutrition in South Africa is largely perceived as one of undernutrition, with the opposite end of the spectrum (overnutrition) being evidenced in the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, demonstrated to be associated with ...
Kelly R. Gate +2 more
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The double burden of malnutrition among adults in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2019 OBJECTIVES India still faces the burden of undernutrition and communicable diseases, and the prevalence of overweight/obesity is steadily increasing. The discourse regarding the dual burden of underweight and overweight/obesity has not yet been widely ...
Mili Dutta +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives To determine the prevalence of stunting and thinness and associated factors among adolescents attending public schools in Lideta subcity, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2021.Design Cross-sectional.Setting Public schools in Lideta subcity, Addis ...
Esmael Ali Muhammad +3 more
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Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of growth impairment among Saudi children and adolescents
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Background: Saudi Arabia has witnessed economic prosperity leading to changes in diet and lifestyle. Concurrent with these changes, the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity are rising.
Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini +5 more
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