OBJECTIVE To assess body mass index (BMI [kg/m2]) tracking over a four-year period in 4- to 8-year-old Mexican American (MA) children and to explore associations between mother and child's BMI. DESIGN A longitudinal study design was used to assess 138 subjects (69 MA children and 69 MA mothers). Children were classified as normal weight if age- and sex-specific BMI was < 85th percentile and o...

backgroundchildhood obesity has become a global epidemic. in the recent studies has reported risk of thyroid dysfunction due to obesity. therefore, this study intends to compare the relative frequency of thyroid function disorders in obese and overweight children with non-obese children.materials and methodsthis case-control study during 2015 to 2016 in birjand, iran was done on 137 children an...

the aim of this study was to analyze the association between overweight prevalence and socioeconomic status (ses) measured by complex ses index and single ses factors in polish adolescents in respect to age and sex.this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010-2011. a total of 1,176 adolescents aged 13.0-18.9 years were included. the respondents were students of junior-high and high schools ...

background recently the prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities has increased in children, in the worldwide. some evidences show that there is a reverse relation between the serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin d[25(oh)d] and body mass index (bmi). the purpose of this study was scrutiny response to treatment vitamin d deficiency in obese/overweight children. materials and methods  in this cross...