OBJECTIVES To determine if breastfeeding and its duration are associated with a reduced risk of obesity among Kuwaiti preschool children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The sample consisted of 2,291 (1,092 males and 1,199 females) preschool children (3-6 years of age) and their mothers. The data were collected from September 2003 to June 2004. Height and weight measurements were used for defining weigh...

This study was conducted to compare body shape satisfaction, body image perception, weight control status, and dietary habits of Korean and Chinese female high school students in order to provide information for proper body image perception of adolescents. 221 students in Yongin, a city in Korea, and 227 students in Weihai, a city in China, were surveyed using questionnaires. Body shape satisfa...

OBJECTIVE To assess differences in the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) during pregnancy with the pre-gravid and gravid weight status of women. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Athens, Greece. SUBJECTS One hundred pregnant women, inhabitants of Athens. RESULTS The mean raw HEI score of the sample was 66·9 (sd 7·6) and the mean HEI adjusted for energy intake was 66·9 (sd 0·6). No difference was...

The concept of ideal weight standards disregarding age is said to have been developed by the late Dr Louis Dublin, once chief actuary of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.' This body published tables of "desirable weight" for health education in the early 1940s. Subsequently, the build and blood pressure study, conducted by the Society of Actuaries,4 resulted in the creation of revised we...

Evidence suggests that individuals have become more tolerant of higher body weights over time. To investigate this issue further, the authors examined cross-sectional associations among ideal weight, examination year, and obesity as well as the association of ideal weight and body weight satisfaction with health practices among 15,221 men and 4,126 women in the United States. Participants in 19...