Childhood and adolescent obesity: Issues and viewpoints

childhood obesity: a determinant of adolescent and adult hypertension

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Childhood obesity: global issues.

The eating disorders are a group of situations which are very complex that include abnormal feeding patterns, too much worry about the physical aspect, no real perception of the body image and a strong link between all these factors and the levels of self-esteem (Fairburn & Harrison 2003, Sigel 2008, American Academy of Pediatrics 2010, Dalle Grave 2011). From the '50s of the previous century w...

Infant or childhood obesity and adolescent depression.

Depression is a leading cause of morbidity. The prevalence of common mental disorders has been reported to be 16.4% in a small but representative population of Hong Kong Chinese adolescents.1 Most psychiatric disorders in adults are thought to originate in childhood and adolescence. There may be risk factors for developing unhealthy behaviours, with life-long detrimental effects on health. The ...

Predicting obesity in adults from childhood and adolescent weight.

School-based interventions for childhood and adolescent obesity.

The purpose of this article was to review population-based interventions for preventing childhood obesity carried out in school settings published between 1999 and 2004. A total of 11 such interventions were found from USA and UK. The grade of the interventions was from kindergarten, primary grades, middle school to high school. Most of these interventions targeted both physical activity and nu...