In 2010, the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity provided benchmark goals for reducing childhood obesity. We evaluated the balance of prevention and treatment required for achieving Task Force goals in benchmark years 2015, 2020, and 2030. We created a simulation of US birth cohorts (2-19 years) born 2008-2030. For each year, we assumed "old" birth cohorts (part of previous benchmark ob...

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing dramatically around the world and it reasonable to assume that young people attending school in Brazzaville are not spared. objective this study was determine prevalence, as well factors associated with overweight among students Brazzaville. Methods: This a cross-sectional study, conducted questionnaire survey 2052 pupils (869 boys 1183 girls,...

BACKGROUND The preschool years are a crucial time to study the determinants of childhood obesity, as it is when eating and physical activity habits are becoming established. The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschoolers living in the capital of Iran and to determine relationships between overweight and obesity and selected motor- and health...

BACKGROUND Obesity and metabolic syndrome is prevalent among Malaysian adolescents and has been associated with certain behavioural factors such as duration of sleep, screen time and physical activity. The aim of the study is to report the prevalence of overweight/obesity, metabolic syndrome and its risk factors among adolescents. METHODS A multi-staged cluster sampling method was used to sel...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem and epidemiological studies are important to identify predictive factors. It is the aim of this study to analyse factors associated with overweight/obesity in samples of German children. METHODS 35,434 five to seven year-old children (50.9% boys) participated in cross-sectional studies between 1991 and 2000 in several rural and u...

Obesity is an escalating health problem in developing countries. One to ten children worldwide are overweight a report showed by the International Task Force. Ghrelin, orexigenic peptide, has 28 amino acids, it considered greatest remarkable promotion last two decades for understanding physiological changes of action regu­lating food intake and hunger. Obestatin 23-amino acid peptide nearly con...

OBJECTIVE To compare three growth references that can be used to assess the weight status of school-aged youth living in India, with a particular focus on identifying overweight and obese youth. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. Kappa scores were used to measure agreement between growth references. Regression models were used to test for differences in weight status by grade level, gender, ...

The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) was established in 1994 to address the increase in the worldwide prevalence of obesity. The goals of the IOTF are to 1) raise awareness in the population and among governments that obesity is a serious medical condition, 2) develop policy recommendations for a coherent and effective global approach to the management and prevention of obesity, and 3) i...