OBJECTIVE While acute alterations in leptin, insulin, cortisol and growth hormone (GH) levels have been reported in children following weight change interventions, little is known about natural hormonal changes as children grow and how these changes are affected by unprovoked weight status changes. The purpose of this investigation was to compare changes in leptin, insulin, cortisol and GH leve...

despite reports on association between overweight/obesity among women and household food insecurity (fi) in developed countries, such association is not evident in developing countries. this study aimed to assess the association between household fi and weight status in adult females in tehran, iran.in this cross-sectional study, 418 households were selected through systematic cluster sampling ...

BACKGROUND Obesity has been described as an epidemic and a major public health concern globally. Distorted self-perceived weight status can negatively impact an individual's decision to lose weight as well as adoption of healthful weight management attitudes. This study described self-perceived weight status among adults working in civil service departments in Tamale, Ghana, and compared it to ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of parental misperception of child weight status, and identify socioeconomic, anthropometric, behavioral and dietary factors associated with underestimation. METHOD Cross-sectional study. Data was collected in 14 Brazilian private schools. Parents of children aged 2-8 years (n=976) completed a self-reported questionnaire assessing ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the patterns of weight loss behaviour and the association between weight loss attempts with actual weight status and children's and parental perceptions of weight status. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Karnataka, South India. PARTICIPANTS 1874 girls and boys aged 8-14 years from seven schools in Karnataka, South India. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The association ...

BACKGROUND Growing body of literature has reported that weight status estimation pattern, including accurate-, under-, and overestimation, was associated with weight related behaviors and weight change among adolescents and young adults. However, there have been a few studies investigating the potential role of school contexts in shaping adolescents' weight status estimation pattern among Korea...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the associations between misperception of body weight and sociodemographic factors such as food stamp participation status, income, education, and race/ethnicity. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 1999-2004 and multivariate logistic regression are used to estimate how sociodemographic factors are associated with (...