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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Childhood overweight and obesity"”.
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Factors influencing childhood overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
… study was to examine the current literature on childhood overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) as defined by the World Bank. Many LMICs are experiencing a dual burden of under- and over-nutrition which has a widespread impact on global health. In addition, …
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Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Migratory Hispanics versus Settled Hispanics Aged 3 to 5 Years in Southeast Georgia
<p>Overweight is becoming more common than ever before in the United States and has been on the rise in the past decade. Overweight is a condition that is not confined to a particular race, age, gender, or socioeconomic group. Members of all ethnic and social groups may become overweight or obese. …
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Social determinants of childhood overweight and obesity in South Australian families: parenting, work patterns, and gender roles.
Obesity in children has increased rapidly in Western countries over the past three decades. Childhood obesity is a major public health issue because it contributes to immediate health and psychosocial problems in children, as well as increased risk of adult obesity and associated chronic disease, …
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Effects of Maternal Depression on Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study.
<p>Overweight and obesity among children and youth in the United States is a serious public health concern. The longitudinal relationships between maternal depression and childhood overweight and obesity were examined using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development …
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Childhood obesity in Ireland: recent trends and modifiable determinants
Background: Childhood obesity is a global epidemic posing a significant threat to the health and wellbeing of children. To reverse this epidemic, it is essential that we gain a deeper understanding of the complex array of driving factors at an individual, family and wider ecological level. Using a …
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Exploring the impact of lifestyle and physical fitness on childhood overweight and obesity prevention in schoolchildren: a quasi-experimental study assessing the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention in the province of Cádiz. The PREVIENE-CÁDIZ Study
Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern worldwide, with significant implications for children's health and well-being. This International Doctoral Thesis aims to study the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention encompassing individual, school, and community-based approaches aimed at …
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Association between early maternal depression and child growth: A group-based trajectory modeling analysis
Childhood overweight and obesity have become a primary social and public health concern. Over the past 30 years, rates of childhood overweight and obesity in the United States have increased dramatically from 6% to 32%. Childhood obesity is also a health equity issue: overweight and obesity …
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Maternal Perception of Child Body Weight and Physical Activity Behavior Patterns: Interactions with Gender and Ethnic Minority Status of Preschool Children
<p>Childhood overweight and obesity is a complex disease that requires early identification and intervention. Little research has investigated the influence of maternal perception of child body weight on reported child physical activity behaviors and importance to change these behaviors. Using …
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Associations Between Postpartum Depression and Child Overweight and Obesity: Mediating Effect of Maternal Feeding Behaviors and Beliefs
… has a detrimental effect on children’s physical and psychological well-being as it affects the child through the mother’s parenting behavior. Depressed mothers show a lack of engagement with their children, which could extend to feeding practices influencing weight gain. The prevalence and …
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from urban and rural Niagara
… influence of environment in the development of overweight and obesity is an ongoing concern. This investigation examined the influence of urbanization on the rates of childhood overweight and obesity. Method: 2167 (1090M, 1077F) grade four children from 75 schools in Ontario's Niagara Region …
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Socio-ecological influences on physical activity in primary school children: a view from South Africa
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased substantially globally with a concurrent decline in both children's physical activity and fitness levels. The socio-ecological model proposes that health behaviour, such as physical activity, is influenced by multiple factors, at an …
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Effect of the number of breakfasts and the amount of breakfast consumed by 4th grade children on total daily nutrient and energy intake
Childhood overweight and obesity is a rising epidemic that is a major public health concern. Objective: To determine the effects of breakfast skipping, and single, and multiple breakfast eating on total daily energy consumption, and daily carbohydrate, protein, fat, calcium and iron intake for 4th …
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Arterial Stiffness, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
… in Western Societies. The pathological processes and risk factors associated with its development begin in childhood, long before clinical consequences emerge. Cardiovascular risk factors have been shown to cluster together in adults and children, particularly in the presence of obesity. Exposure …
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La glycémie maternelle en grossesse et la leptine dans le sang de cordon : des déterminants de l’adiposité dans l’enfance
Childhood overweight and obesity are serious public health issues that affect both the physical and mental health of children. In the province of Quebec, more than a quarter of children are overweight. Exposure to maternal hyperglycaemia complicated or not by gestational diabetes (GDM), maternal …
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Validity and Reliability of the BEVQ-15 in Children and Adolescents
The prevalence of children and adolescents who are considered overweight or obese has grown drastically in the United States. Childhood overweight and obesity is associated with serious long-term health consequences, including an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, strokes, …
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A tool to assess nutrition and physical intervention for school-aged children
Over the last two decades the incidence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions in both developed and developing nations. Reducing the incidence of childhood overweight and obesity is of particular importance in countries undergoing social and …
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The influence of ethnicity, socioeconomic status and obesity intervention on body composition in UK children and adolescents
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased over the last twenty years. Additionally, obesity and its related morbidities are not equally distributed across the UK population with it varying between sexes, age groups, socioeconomic groups and ethnic groups. This thesis is …
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Decoding the interplay between the microbiota-gut-brain axis and the hypothalamic regulation of eating behaviour
Unhealthy eating and choices from an early age have been associated with increases in childhood overweight and obesity, which have risen significantly in recent years. In 2022, 390 million aged 5–19 (20% of children worldwide), were overweight with 8% of these children and adolescents going on to …
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Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors and offspring overweight and obesity 5 to 6 years after hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa
… both diabetes mellitus in pregnancy (DIP) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and the later development of T2DM and cardiovascular disease risk in the mothers and possibly overweight in their children is well recognised. This thesis contributes to the largely unexplored body of work on …
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Family Income, Maternal Marital Status, Maternal Employment, and the Development of Overweight and Obesity During Childhood.
… of family income level, maternal marital status, and maternal employment with body mass measurements and the development of overweight and obesity. Multiple linear and logistic regressions were used to assess the effects of the exposure variables on weight status with simultaneous adjustment for …