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From:Maternal and Child Health Journal (Vol. 17, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedOverweight and obesity is a growing problem for children in foster care. This study describes the prevalence of overweight and obesity in an urban, ethnic minority population of children ages 2-19 in long-term foster...
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From:Journal of ObesityPeer-ReviewedClustering of abnormal metabolic traits, the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), has been associated with an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Several algorithms including the MetS and other risk factors exist for...
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From:International Journal of EndocrinologyPeer-ReviewedThe human adenovirus 36 (Ad-36) is causally and correlatively associated in animals and humans, respectively, with increased adiposity and altered metabolic profile. In previous studies, the relationship between Ad-36...
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From:Journal of Asian Medical Student Association (Vol. 3, Issue S2) Peer-ReviewedThe rise in childhood obesity has lead to an increased number of children with lipid abnormalities. Therefore, there is increasing evidence to suggest that the atherosclerotic process begins during early childhood....
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 93, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMembers of a WHO Commission met last month to start work on a draft report setting out the public health interventions that countries can use to end the epidemic of childhood obesity. Last year WHO Director-General...
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From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 101, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: The prevalence of childhood obesity in Canada is a major concern. Studies report a small but significant inverse relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and childhood obesity. The study objectives were...
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From:Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento (Vol. 3, Issue 15) Peer-ReviewedThe present work has the purpose to acknowledge the psychological implications within the social environment of scholars, from 7 to 12 yeas old, with obesity, this diagnosed through the BMI (Body Mass Index) with the...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedAs part of its fight against obesity, the European Commission launched, on 28 September, a Tasty bunch' campaign promoting healthy eating among European schoolchildren. Statistics show that some 22 million children are...
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From:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 62, Issue 2)Another incentive to put the kids to bed early: Getting a good night's sleep may prevent children from becoming obese later in life. Researchers at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, found that of more...
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From:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome (Vol. 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Roya Kelishadi (corresponding author) [1]; Stephen R Cook [2]; Atoosa Adibi [3]; Zahra Faghihimani [4]; Shohreh Ghatrehsamani [4]; Abolfazl Beihaghi [5]; Hamidreza Salehi [5]; Noushin Khavarian [4]; Parinaz...
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From:Pharmaceutical Medicine (Vol. 22, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedHarvard Medical School professors Sarah de Ferranti and David S. Ludwig believe that the media frenzy ignited by the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) decision to recommend statins to treat hypercholesterolaemia in...
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From:Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento (Vol. 1, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObesity in childhood is a problem that has reached epidemic rates worldwide. Schools have been emphasized as one of the most adequate places for surveying researches on nutritional status of children and adolescents...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 119, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVES. The purpose of this work was to validate the performance of age- and gender-specific BMI, triceps, and subscapular skinfold for the classification of excess of body fat in children and adolescents and to...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 116, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor.-- I agree with Quattrin et al (1) that referral of obese children to pediatric endocrinologists often occurs too late to promote restoration of weight to normal. As a pediatric endocrinologist...
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From:The PractitionerPeer-Reviewed- What are the risks of obesity in childhood? - What advice should the GP give? - Which children require referral to a paediatrician? Author - David Haslam MB BS, DGM Clinical director of the National Obesity...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 36, Issue 13)Perplexingly, a study led by Dr. Kay Rhee of Boston University and published in the journal Pediatrics has found that strict parents have fatter kids. Of 872 families in 10 U.S. cities, 17% of children whose parents...
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From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 89, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA cohort of schoolchildren was followed up over 6 years from 1996 to 2001. In the final year, 315 of 500 targeted children were measured. Body mass index (BMI) increased substantially over time (p<0.001), indicating a...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 110, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective. The primary aim of this study was to identify interventions used by pediatric health care providers in treatment of overweight children and adolescents to identify provider educational needs. A secondary aim...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 102, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedVol 109, February 2002 [] Infant weight gain and childhood overweight status in a multicenter, cohort study. N. Stettler, B.S. Zemel, S. Kumanyika, and V.A. Starlings. 194-199. * Oral rehydration, emergency...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 17, Issue 21) Peer-ReviewedJADE SNELL'S parents first noticed their daughter was getting a `bit chubby' about four years ago when she was cast as a fairy in her primary school play. Now she is a teenager, at least two stone overweight and...