BACKGROUND The first aim of the present study was to investigate differences in correlates of vegetable intake between the normal weight and the overweight boys in the Pro Children Cross Sectional Study. The second aim was to explore whether the association between vegetable intake and potential correlates is different in overweight boys compared with normal weight boys. METHODS Random sample...

OBJECTIVE Results from short-term studies demonstrate that energy density influences energy intake, but in children and adolescents the long-term effects of energy density and obesity development are sparse. We examined the longitudinal relationship between dietary energy density, fiber intake, and body weight change over 3 years among Danish children. METHODS Multiple regression analyses wer...

BACKGROUND There is little information about height and weight status of Palestinian adolescents. The objective of this paper was to assess the prevalence of stunting, underweight, and overweight/obesity among Palestinian school adolescents (13-15 years) and associated sociodemographic factors in 2 major governorates in the West Bank. METHODS A Cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2005 com...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children living in the Netherlands and compare the findings with the Third and Fourth National Growth Studies carried out in 1980 and 1997, respectively. DESIGN AND METHODS Data were obtained from the child health care system. International cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) were used to determine overweight and obesity. Ca...

Background: Obesity is considered as one of the most important nutrition and health issues among adolescents in the developing countries. In this respect, risks and problems associated with obesity can put a huge burden on the health care system of a society. Moreover, underweight and malnutrition are also prevalent in developing countries and impose enormous health care expenditures on individ...

BACKGROUND There is strong evidence of a positive secular trend in body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the last several decades. However, no studies on this trend have been reported in Shandong Province, China. The present study assessed the decennial change in BMI in Shandong Province during the past 25 years and the prevalence of overweight and...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the body mass index (bmi) and dental development. methods: the dental ages of 196 children were calculated according to demirjian’s method. the chronological age, weight, and height were recorded. dental development was defined as dental age minus chronological age. children were classified into three groups accord...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the body mass index (bmi) and dental development. methods: the dental ages of 196 children were calculated according to demirjian's method. the chronological age, weight, and height were recorded. dental development was defined as dental age minus chronological age. children were classified into three groups accord...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the less studied interrelationships and pathways between parental BMI, socioeconomic factors, family structure and childhood overweight. METHODS The cross-sectional LATE-study was carried out in Finland in 2007-2009. The data for the analyses was classified into four categories: younger boys and girls (ca 3-8 years) (n = 2573) and older boys and ...