Objective: Nutrition is important not only in terms of ideal growth the baby, but also being determinant healthiness during infancy, childhood, and adulthood adopting healthy eating habits that continue lifetime. The aim this study to evaluate level knowledge misapplications mothers about babies' feeding habits. 
 Materials Metods: This was planned as an analytical cross-sectional applied ...

OBJECTIVE Examine the rate of screening for adolescent overweight and obesity by pediatric health care professionals and the provision of advice on healthy eating and physical activity. METHODS Our sample contains adolescents 11 to 17 years old (6911 girls and 6970 boys) from the 2001-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey who reported having at least 1 health provider visit in the previous 12...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between leisure time physical activity over a three year period and health related behaviour, social relationships, and health status in late adolescence as part of a nationwide longitudinal study. METHODS Five birth cohorts of adolescent twins aged 16 at baseline (n = 5028; 2311 boys and 2717 girls) participated in the study. Questionnaires on leisure tim...

One of the hardest tasks for a physician is to treat and take care of patients suffering from such chronic disease as diabetes. The difficulties arise mainly because the medical treatment and the necessary follow up demand that the physician interfere with, or at least influence, the whole lifestyle of the patient. The diabetic must pursue a distinct way of daily living: he must change his eati...

Obesity is a global problem; however, relatively little attention is directed toward preparing and inspiring students of medicine and allied medical sciences to address this serious matter. Students are not routinely exposed to the assessment methods for obesity, its overall prevalence, causative factors, short- and long-term consequences, and its management by lifestyle modification. This phys...

BACKGROUND With the worldwide levels of obesity new venues for promotion of healthy eating habits are necessary. Considering children's eating habits are founded during their preschool years early educational establishments are a promising place for making health promoting interventions. METHODS This systematic review evaluates different types of healthy eating interventions attempting to pre...

Background: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and become one the most important public health issues globally. One of the significant determinants of childhood obesity-related behaviors such as poor dietary habits relates to role of friends and peers. This study aimed toexplore the role of interaction within the social network of friends on unhealthy eating behaviors of overwei...

BACKGROUND The effect of the interaction between long-term mental stress and eating habits on weight gain has not been confirmed in humans. METHODS A population of 1080 healthy Japanese male local government employees without lifestyle-related diseases at baseline were studied [corrected]. Height and weight were measured and perception of mental stress and the frequency of eating to satiety, ...

Dietary data from 15-year-old adolescents participating in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study were examined in order to describe current eating patterns and food habits. Comparison of the data with a 'healthy eating' index showed that less than one-third of the sample were eating a diet similar to that promoted by local health education campaigns. Multivariate analysis showed that adolescents...