BACKGROUND Hypopituitarism and obesity are causes of major lifelong morbidity in patients with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH). Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) affects the majority of children with ONH, though the degree of deficiency and variability of early growth patterns range from early severe retardation to normal initial growth. The utility of early GH replacement for improving anthropometr...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is thought to predispose to structural foot changes and altered foot function. Little is currently understood about whether similar changes occur in overweight children. The aim of this study was determine foot loading characteristics in obese, overweight and normal weight children aged 7 to 11 years during level walking. METHODS Dynamic plantar pressures were mea...

Background The world-wide prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has reached an alarming level and become a major health problem in today’s world. The aim of this study was to identify the stages and processes of change as well as their relationship with weight controlbased on a Trans- theoretical Model (TTM) in overweight and obese Iranian adolescents. Materials an...

OBJECTIVE To compare high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels in obese and overweight children and adolescents to normal-weight individuals as well as to compare hsCRP levels in overweight children/adolescents with and without additional metabolic disorders such as metabolic syndrome (MS), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and prediabetes. METHODS 54 consecutive obese child...

background: metabolically obese normal-weight (monw) children and adolescents are characterized by body mass index (bmi) lower than +1sd with metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and/or hypertension. this study wants to determine prevalence of monw, metabolically benign normal weight (mbnw), metabolically abnormality obese (mao) and compare the components of metaboli...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible association between pregnancy weight gain and child weight at the 12 th and 24 th months of age in damavand city, north-east tehran, iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, using existing data collected by the urban health centers, records of 266 women who attended urban health centers for prenatal care and delivered bet...

OBJECTIVE Maternal child-feeding practices have been linked to overweight in several studies. Overweight is a prevalent condition in Hmong preschool children in the United States, therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal child-feeding attitudes and practices were associated with overweight in Hmong preschool children. DESIGN The Child-Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental caries and to study the role of sweet consumption in predicting this relationship among adolescent children in Udupi district, India. METHODS The study population consisted of 463 school children in the 13-15-year age group. Anthropometric (height in metres and weight in kilograms) and caries measurements and deca...