Purpose. To identify whether non-overweight students were different from their overweight or obese peers with respect to diet, suboptimal meal behaviours, and physical activity using a self-administered web-based survey. Methods. 4097 adolescents living in Alberta, Canada completed Web-SPAN (Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition). Students were classified as overweight or obese, and dif...

OBJECTIVES To learn more about how overweight is associated with emotional well-being in adolescents and examine change in associations over time. METHODS A prospective study was conducted with a sample of 2,516 adolescents who participated in Project EAT-I (1999) and Project EAT-II (2004). RESULTS At baseline, overweight participants had lower body satisfaction and decreased self-esteem as...

OBJECTIVES We estimated the prevalence of overweight in a population of young children enrolled in a New York City Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. METHODS Administrative and survey data were collected from a sample of enrolled families. Body mass index (BMI) of 557 children aged 2, 3, and 4 years was compared by sociodemographic and nutrition character...

OBJECTIVE Both stunting and overweight are present in children across China. Seemingly paradoxical, these two conditions can also coexist in the same child. The aim was to examine the associations between dietary food/nutrient intake and plasma lipid profiles related to stunting and overweight status. DESIGN The 2002 China National Nutrition and Health Survey was a family-based nationally rep...

BACKGROUND It is generally believed that overweight is less prevalent than undernutrition in the developing world, particularly in rural areas, and that it is concentrated in higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of adult female overweight and underweight in the developing world by using categories of urban or rural status and SE...

OBJECTIVE To study the dynamics of childhood overweight and the influence of dietary intake on tracking of overweight. DESIGN AND SETTING A follow-up study conducted in China. SUBJECTS Ninety-five overweight children, 6-13 years old, identified from 1455 children at baseline, were followed over a 2-year period. METHODS Data on anthropometry and 3-day dietary intake were collected at basel...

OBJECTIVE Patterns of socio-economic inequalities in obesity and overweight have not been documented for Turkey. The present study aimed to describe educational and wealth-related inequalities for overweight in Turkey, taking a regional perspective. DESIGN Cross-sectional self-reported data of the World Health Survey 2002 for Turkey were used. BMI ≥ 25·00 kg/m2 was considered as overweight. R...

BACKGROUND In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the rising prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases co-exists with the high burden of under-nutrition. The paucity of data on adulthood overweight and obesity, disaggregated by socio-demographic characteristics and in rural settings in SSA calls for research. We determined the prevalence of underweight, overweight/obesity and associ...

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...

OBJECTIVE To determine rates of diagnosis and treatment, and types of treatment, among overweight children in clinical practice. DESIGN Six hundred randomly selected records were reviewed. SETTING Two community-based and 2 hospital-based clinics in New Haven. PARTICIPANTS Children aged 3 to 17 years with a health maintenance visit from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2000. Children class...