introduction: obesity is an emerging major public problem throughout the world. obesity, over weight and under weight are the most frequent nutritional disorders in children and adolescents in developing countries. the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of obesity, over weight and under weight in adolescent students in yazd. methods: in a cross sectional study, weight and heig...

childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

On April 27 and 28, 2002, the American Heart Association (AHA) sponsored a scientific conference, “Obesity, a Worldwide Epidemic Related to Heart Disease and Stroke,” in Honolulu, Hawaii. The purpose of the conference was to develop a plan to reduce cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) associated with overweight and obesity. This report discusses the activities of the 4 working groups held before the...

no studies have been reported on children obesity prevalence of guangzhou, one of the most urbanized areas in china. this study tracks the secular trends of obesity prevalence of children.the data were derived from the surveys on students' constitution and health carried out by government. randomly, 3832 students in 2007, 13141 in 2008, 14052 in 2009, 13750 in 2010, and 15225 in 2011, aged 7-12...

Obesity and overweight have increasingly become major global health issues. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reports a near doubling of the prevalence of obesity worldwide from 1998 to 2008 [1]. In the European Region, an average of over 50% of adults are overweight and nearly 23% obese, with the prevalence of overweight and obesity being highest in Finland (67.1%), Germany (67.2%)...

AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate whether physical fitness variables are related to overweight or obesity in Korean women. METHODS From 2007 to 2011, 10,790 women aged 20-82 years visited a public health centre for evaluation of cardiovascular function, health-related physical fitness, and motor-related physical fitness. We used the definitions of overweight and obesity provide...

accumulation of excess adipose tissue. While obesity has long been considered a behavioral disorder, discovery of the hormone leptin in 1994 catalyzed the field of obesity research by demonstrating the existence of an afferent humoral signal from adipose tissue to the central nervous system. Current evidence suggests that once adipose tissue accumulates, a system of overlapping neuroendocrine s...

Obesity has become a pandemic, with more than a billion people affected worldwide (1). Over the past 30 yr, the frequency of overweight children, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 85th percentile for age and sex, has tripled (2). More than 30% of children in the United States are overweight or obese (BMI 95th percentile) (3). Data from the International Obesity Task Force indi...

Background: To analyze the effects of a single session Muay Thai (MT) on blood pressure and heart rate in adolescents with overweight/obesity. Methods: A total 27 overweight/obesity (12.85 ± 2.08 years), 13 girls 14 boys, performed 60 min MT composed general modality-specific exercises, as well combat at end. Anthropometric measurements were taken body fat (BF) was measured using DEXA. Excess w...