The aim of this study was to assess birth weight of healthy newborns from the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County, Croatia. Birth weights of healthy newborns, born at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Center "Zagreb" in the year 2001, were included into analysis. Since there were only few newborns in the 22nd-27th week of gestation, they were excluded from the study....

OBJECTIVES Our aim with this study was to assist clinicians by estimating the predictive value of earlier levels of BMI status on later risk of overweight and obesity during the middle childhood and early adolescent years. METHODS We present growth data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a longitudinal sample of 1...

the main aim of this project was the assessment, for the first time, anthropometrically, the nutritional status in school girls' population aging from 7 to 10 years in ahwaz city and ultimately compare their growth rate with other findings obtained from different part of iran and also with the proposed standards of nchs in this respect. this study was conducted on 1200 apparently healthy school...

PURPOSE To determine the associations between field-collected surrogates of adiposity and concentrations of resistin, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and adiponectin in youth. METHODS Cross-sectional data from 60 normal weight and 60 overweight adolescents, ages 10-14 years, were retrospectively examined. Body mass index (BMI) percentile, sum of subscapular and ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate brain activation in response to common food and nonfood logos in healthy weight and obese children. STUDY DESIGN Ten healthy weight children (mean body mass index in the 50th percentile) and 10 obese children (mean body mass index in the 97.9th percentile) completed self-report measures of self-control. They then underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while view...

OBJECTIVE To study whether infant weight for gestational age, and gestational age predict mother- and father-rated infant temperament (IBQ) at 6 months. METHODS The sample comprised of family units with both biological parents and infants born at term (n = 152). Data on weight and gestational age were collected form obstetric database. RESULTS Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) (w...

background: to determine relationships between healths related quality of life and body mass index in children aged 9-11 years old. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 240 children 9-11 year olds who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the shahre qods of the tehran, iran in 2007. pediatric quality of life inventory was completed by chil...

The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has increased rapidly to historically high levels over recent decades and has begun to plateau in some communities and states. Given such a high prevalence, what are the risk factors that best predict incident obesity in later childhood? What are the contributory characteristics resulting in obesity? Can children at highest risk be target...