OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate by pooled and sensitivity analyses all available data on adolescent overweight/obesity in Cyprus. DESIGN A thorough literature search determined the studies to be examined using Cypriot adolescent samples aged 10-18 years old, with weight status in each sex classified according to the IOTF criteria, published between the years 2001-2011. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of lifestyle factors on overweight among Japanese adolescents. METHODS We studied 5753 junior high school students (2842 boys and 2911 girls) aged 12 to 13 years. The students were residents of Toyama prefecture, Japan and completed a questionnaire about their height, weight, and lifestyle factors, in June and July 2002. Subjects with a body-mass index (BM...

OBJECTIVES To report trends in overweight and obesity, defined by new internationally agreed cut-off points, in children in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Three independent cross sectional surveys. SETTING Primary schools in England and Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 10 414 boys and 9737 girls in England and 5385 boys and 5219 girls in Scotland aged 4 to 11 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence a...

BACKGROUND Before starting interventions addressing energy-balance related behaviors, knowledge is needed about the prevalence of sedentary behaviors and low physical exercise, their interrelationships, possible gender differences. Therefore this study aimed to describe gender differences in sedentary and physical exercise behaviors and their association with overweight status in children from ...

Sexual dimorphism in stature, weight status and body composition were analyzed in a sample of 398 prepubertal children (213 girls, 185 boys) ageing between 7 and 10. Furthermore the prevalence of overweight was tested. Body composition parameters were determined using TBF 105 Body composition analyzer according to BIA-method. Highly significant sex differences in body composition were observed ...

INTRODUCTION The pandemic of obesity in adolescents is one of the challenges of public health. AIM The aim of this study was to examine the association of overweight with demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors among Serbian adolescents. METHOD A cross-sectional study of 2139 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years was carried out. Data used in this study were from the 2006 Health Survey. ...

INTRODUCTION Obesity is an important risk factor for some chronic diseases. Since the effect of obesity is long-standing, monitoring childhood obesity should be the first step in the health policy for interventions regarding early prevention of chronic diseases. In this study we aim to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children in the city of Ahvaz. METHODS A cro...

It is widely acknowledged that overweight and/or obesity is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality. A variety of studies have shown that correlations between BMI during childhood and adulthood are generally low but increase during adolescence. However, the use of correlation coefficients has some disadvantages. The aim of this study was to estimate the risk of overweight and obesity a...

BACKGROUND The proportion of overweight adolescents has increased, but the behavioral risk factors for overweight youth are not well understood. OBJECTIVE To examine how diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors relate to overweight status in adolescents. DESIGN AND SETTING Baseline data from the Patient-Centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise Plus Nutrition Project, a random...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has become a public health problem worldwide. The objectives of the study were: 1) to establish the BMI prevalence in 12-year olds residing in Puerto Rico, and 2) to determine BMI differences by sex, public-private school type, and geographic regions. METHODS Data was obtained from an island-wide probabilistic stratified sample of ...