OBJECTIVE To investigate which anthropometric measure of overweight status, BMI or waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), is most closely associated with parents' perception of their child's overweight status. DESIGN The sensitivity and specificity of parental perception against child-specific BMI and WHtR definitions of overweight were tested. SETTING Primary schools in Queensland, Australia. SUB...

OBJECTIVE To study the dynamic processes that drive development of childhood overweight by examining the effects of prenatal characteristics and early-life feeding (breastfeeding versus bottle feeding) on weight states through age 7 years. We test a model to determine whether prenatal characteristics and early-life feeding influence the development of a persistent early tendency toward overweig...

BACKGROUND Psychiatric disorders and being overweight are major health problems with increasing prevalence. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that being overweight is associated with a range of psychiatric conditions including minor and atypical depressive disorders, binge eating, and aggression. METHOD Prospective community-based cohort study of young adults (n = 591) foll...

Background: Overweight perception has been shown to be important for health related adolescent behavior, particularly in girls. Body perception may be affected by bodily changes, especially changes visible for others. Female pubertal development is characterized by many physical changes, such as accelerated growth and altered body fat distribution. This study examined the role of appearance of ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the temporal trends in the mortality burden attributed to overweight and obesity in Canada between 1985 and 2000. DESIGN Overweight and obesity prevalence data from six cross-sectional national population surveys, including the 1985 and 1990 Health Promotion Surveys, 1994, 1996 and 1998 National Population Health Surveys, and 2000 Canadian Community Health Survey, in...

OBJECTIVE To determine relative trends in prevalence for overweight for adults compared with children across high-income countries (Australia, United Kingdom, and United States), middle-income countries (Brazil and Russia), and low-income countries (China and Indonesia). RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Extant nationally representative survey data from 1971 to the present are used. Prevalence ...

Objective: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents is increasing worldwide. The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among adolescent students11-19 year old in Birjand, east of Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study in 2012 was conducted on 2453 students (1296 girls and 1157 boys) who had been selected through multi s...

Although overweight and obesity are widespread across most of the developed world, a considerable body of research has now accumulated, which suggests that adiposity often goes undetected. A substantial proportion of individuals with overweight or obesity do not identify they are overweight, and large numbers of parents of children with overweight or obesity fail to identify their child as bein...

The aim of this paper is to better understand one of the mechanisms underlying the income-obesity relationship so that effective policy interventions can be developed. Our approach involves analysing data on approximately 9000 overweight British adults from between 1997 and 2002. We estimate the effect of income on the probability that an overweight individual correctly recognises their overwei...

OBJECTIVES To assess which socio-economic indicator best predicts overweight in the European Union: educational attainment, occupational class or household income. SETTING The prevalence of overweight is strongly related to socio-economic position. The relative importance of different socio-economic dimensions is uncertain, and might vary between countries. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS Cross-section...