BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the proportion of 12 to 18-year-old adolescents perceiving themselves to be overweight has increased from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, and to evaluate how self-reported weight is associated with weight concern in the different age groups among girls and boys, and how this association has changed over time. MATERIAL A nationally repr...

Abstract Background Non-communicable general and oral health conditions share common risk factors. Studies investigating social determinants as factors for overweight/obesity dental caries among the same adolescents are scarce inconclusive. Methods This cross-sectional study included data from 464 girls 494 boys population-based Tromsø Fit Futures, which first-year students attending upper seco...

To assess the association of parents' nutritional status, and dietary and sociodemographic factors with overweight/obesity in schoolchildren in Florianópolis Island, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, this cross-sectional epidemiological study examined 2,826 schoolchildren 7 to 14 years old, classified according to body mass index curves for age and sex recommended by the International Obesity Task ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to study the prevalence of overweight and obesity and to assess its familial clustering among schoolchildren in northern China. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 95,292 schoolchildren in northern China to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity. A group of overweight and obese children (n = 450) was selected using a cluster sampling method. Answ...

OBJECTIVE (1) To assess the height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of school children from Delhi and generate percentile charts as appropriate for age, gender and socio-economic status. (2) To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children from low and upper socioeconomic status (LSES and USES respectively). DESIGN Cross sectional evaluation of anthropometric paramete...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to estimate overweight and obesity in school children by using contrasting definitions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). METHOD The sample size consisted of 1361 learners (n = 678 boys; n = 683 girls) aged 9-13 years who were randomly selected from Mpumalanga and Limpopo provi...

BACKGROUND It is commonly believed that overweight children are unhappy with their weight. However, population-based data addressing this association are lacking. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between obesity and depressive symptoms in a diverse, school-based sample of preadolescent children, and to examine whether overweight concerns play a role in this association. DESIGN, SETTIN...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of aerobic training along with milk supplement on glut4, glucose and insulin in overweight immature boys. for this purpose, 28 immature overweight boys (8 to 10 years) were selected according to the questionnaire of nutrition, exercise abilities, body mass index, health and welfare from volunteers. then, subjects were divided in...

Aim: To clarify the factors associated with reported dietary fat intake by Japanese male children. Methods: This study is based on the data of a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Japan. Three hundred and seventy-seven male children (age, 6 11 years) whose households were sampled in the 1995 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions of the People on Health and Welfare, and the 1...