OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in the northeast region of Portugal, and to examine its association with sedentary behavior. METHODS Data were collected on 1786 children (907 boys, 879 girls) aged 6 to 13 years. Body mass index was calculated from measured height and weight (weight in kg/height in m squared). Overweight and...

OBJECTIVE Results from short-term studies demonstrate that energy density influences energy intake, but in children and adolescents the long-term effects of energy density and obesity development are sparse. We examined the longitudinal relationship between dietary energy density, fiber intake, and body weight change over 3 years among Danish children. METHODS Multiple regression analyses wer...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children living in the Netherlands and compare the findings with the Third and Fourth National Growth Studies carried out in 1980 and 1997, respectively. DESIGN AND METHODS Data were obtained from the child health care system. International cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) were used to determine overweight and obesity. Ca...

objective: the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents is increasing worldwide. the main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among adolescent students11-19 year old in birjand, east of iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study in 2012 was conducted on 2453 students (1296 girls and 1157 boys) who had been selected through multi st...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years, using the standard definitions proposed by the International Obesity Taskforce. DESIGN Population prevalence cross-sectional survey involving measurement of height and weight. Data collection took place in 1998. SETTING Schools in Gibraltar. SUBJECTS In total 2994 children, aged 4-12 years, at...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship of self-reported weight status and dieting to actual weight and height in a cross-sectional nationally representative sample of young adolescents. METHODS Weights and heights were obtained on 1932 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. Information on adolescents' perception of weight status, d...

BACKGROUND The use of electronic media has been found to be a risk factor for higher BMI and for being overweight. Physical activity has been found to be associated with lower BMI and lower risk for being overweight. Little is known about whether the associations between physical activity and electronic media use are additive or interactive in predicting BMI and risk for overweight among adoles...

UNLABELLED Purpose of present study is to describe the prevalence and trend of overweight and obesity, as well as its co-existence with stunting, among youngsters in China, from 1982 to 2002. Data from children 7-17 years of age from three cross-sectional national surveys: "1982 China National Nutrition Survey" (5,334 boys and 4,793 girls), "1992 China National Nutrition Survey" (8,048 boys and...

background: prevalence of obesity in children has been increasing during recent decades all over the world. obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. the present study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity in 6-11 year old birjand elementary school children, east of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 1...

BACKGROUND Overweight among children and adolescents related to social inequality, as well as age and gender differences, may contribute to poor self-image, thereby raising important public health concerns. This study explores social inequality in relation to overweight and perception of overweight among 263 boys and girls, age 7 to 17, in Växjö, Sweden. METHODS Data were obtained through a q...