BACKGROUND Overweight develops gradually as a result of a long term surplus on the balance between energy intake and energy expenditure. Aim of this study was to quantify the positive energy balance responsible for excess body weight gain (energy gap) in young overweight children. METHODS Reported data on weight and height were used of 2190 Dutch children participating in the PIAMA birth coho...

In the present study, an attempt has been made to report the prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children of Amritsar. A total of 1,745 children (875 boys and 870 girls) ranging in age from 2 to 5 years were measured for height and weight, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Overweight and obesity were assessed using international criteria of BMI. The overall prevalence of o...

BackgroundChildhood obesity has become a global epidemic. In the recent studies has reported risk of thyroid dysfunction due to obesity. Therefore, this study intends to compare the relative frequency of thyroid function disorders in obese and overweight children with non-obese children.Materials and MethodsThis case-control study during 2015 to 2016 in Birjand, Iran was done on 137 children an...

BACKGROUND Although several studies have investigated the relationship between the number of siblings or birth order and childhood overweight, the results are inconsistent. In addition, little is known about the impact of having older or younger siblings on overweight among elementary schoolchildren. The present population-based study investigated the relationship of the number of siblings and ...

BACKGROUND Researchers and clinicians are seeking to develop efficacious behavioral interventions to treat overweight children; however, few studies have documented the behavioral correlates of overweight children in community samples. The goal of this study was to determine the nature and prevalence of behavior problems for overweight school-aged children versus normal weight peers before and ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity, the frequency of overweight resolution and the influence of parental adiposity during middle childhood. DESIGN As part of a prospective cohort study, height and weight were measured in 1997 and 2000/2001. Children were classified as non-overweight, overweight or obese based on standard international definitions. ...

BACKGROUND For many developing countries undergoing rapid economic growth and urbanization, trends in nutritional status indicate a decrease in malnutrition with an associated rise in the prevalence of obesity. An understanding of the situation among children in Malaysia is lacking. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence, trends and sociodemographic factors described for underweight and overweig...

Primary care physicians can easily identify overweight in children aged < 2 years using body-mass index. There is no consensus on the appropriate way of identifying overweight before age 2 years. However, the primary care physician should be alert if the body-mass index of a child < 2 years of age is significantly higher then those published (as a guideline) in this paper. Overweight is occurri...

BACKGROUND In Mexico, stunting and anemia have declined but are still high in some regions and subpopulations, whereas overweight and obesity have increased at alarming rates in all age and socioeconomic groups. OBJECTIVE The objective was to describe the coexistence of stunting, anemia, and overweight and obesity at the national, household, and individual levels. DESIGN We estimated nation...

BACKGROUND Socio-economic differences in the prevalence of overweight/obesity may be one factor through which health inequalities arise and may vary by the population studied. METHODS Analysing a cohort of 13 889 children born in Belarus between June 1996 and December 1997, the authors investigated associations of parental educational attainment and highest household occupation with: (i) meas...