The purpose of the study was to find out differences in moderate to vigorous physical activity among non-overweight, overweight and obese children, and between boys and girls. The sample included 364 children (179 boys and 185 girls), aged 6.4 years (+/- 0.3 SD). Physical activity was assessed by 7-day questionnaire. Age adapted BMI was used as overweight and obesity indicator. The children wer...

This study is a secondary data analysis based on the 1995 Australian National Nutrition Survey (NNS). A random subsample of 1581 school children aged 7-15 years old from the NNS was studied. The results show the prevalence of overweight, obesity and combined overweight and obesity was 10.6-20.9%, 3.7-7.2% and 15.6-25.7%, respectively. The odds ratio of overweight or obese boys with highest hous...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity has become a major public health problem in many countries. To explore the risk factors of overweight in infants and young children might be helpful in developing an early overweight intervention strategy. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of overweight and the relationship of parental characteristics and feeding practices to overweight in infants and young child...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that overweight adolescents have higher plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) levels than non-overweight adolescents and to explore the association between plasma tHcy levels with folate, vitamin B12 and some risk factors for CVD in both groups. METHODS A case-control study conductec with 239 adolescentes aged 15-19 years in the city of São Paulo, Brazil; 86 overwe...

research background approved weight loss would result in improvement of lipid profile. nowadays, weight management is attained by modifying psychological mediators, as well as dieting and making individuals do more physical activity. hence, this research was performed to compare effectiveness of different psychological interventions on lipid profile improvement among individuals with overweight...

due to the adverse effects of obesity and overweight on health status of people, organizations that provide daily food aim for a healthy body mass index among their staff. the purpose of this applied randomized controlled trial (rct) was to study the effect of modifications in the food service section and nutritional intervention on the bmi of staff in an industrial center. in this applied rand...

conclusions our research determined an association between screen time, physical activity and rbmi. screen time was a prominent predictor of rbmi in children. it is important for health workers to decrease screen time of children to prevent the prevalence of being overweight and obesity. patients and methods in this cross sectional descriptive study we randomly selected 302 students, from all d...

background: obesity has a growing global epidemic with several risk factors including lifestyle habits, physical activity, and prolonged screen time. this study aimed to compare the dietary habits and self-reported health behaviors in a nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this cross sectional nationwide study was conducted in the framewor...

background: the prevalence of obesity is increasing and many countries are struggling with its high rate and serious complications. as a result of distinct diet in obese children, they may be susceptible to nutritional deficiencies in particular, iron deficiency. this study aimed to examine the relationship between obesity and iron indices. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 206 elementary...

background and aims: obesity and overweight is a major public health problem and, alongside hypertension, is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases incidence. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and its association with hypertension in the patients referred the healthcare center in jandaq. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 patie...