Obesity is a complex disease with not only physical consequences but also psychological. The aim of the present work was to analyze differences between community children with normal weight versus community overweight children versus children with overweight in clinical setting, at the level of quality of life, psychological morbidity and self-concept . The study sample has 267 children represe...

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...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify the association of parents' weight and attitude about their child's weight with the child's body mass index (BMI) status. DESIGN Cross-sectional, clinic-based study in a practice-based research network. METHODS One hundred seventy-one parents or adults accompanying children aged 5 to 17 years to a primary care visit in 4 family medicine cent...

OBJECTIVE Malnutrition, overweight and obesity are major health concerns in modern societies and especially among children. Overweight and obesity affect children's current and future health. It is known that the prevalence of overweight differs by race, sex, and geographic location. METHODS In a cross-sectional study 30092 Iranian children aged 7-18 years in six ethnic groups were selected b...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to determine the relationship between the 4 parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful) and overweight status in first grade. METHODS Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were analyzed. Children with complete data for parenting parameters at 54 months and me...

CONTEXT The prevalence of childhood overweight status is increasing. Some have suggested that childhood overweight is associated with food insecurity, defined as limited or uncertain access to enough nutritious food. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this work was to assess the association of household and child food insecurity with childhood overweight status. METHODS The National Health and Nutri...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of family pediatrician-led motivational interviews (MIs) on BMI of overweight (85th ≥ BMI percentile ≥ 95 th) children aged 4 to 7 years. METHODS All the family pediatricians working in Reggio Emilia Province (Italy) were invited to participate in the study; 95% accepted. Specific training was provided. Parents were asked to participa...

CONTEXT It has been suggested that breastfeeding is protective against children becoming overweight, and that there is a dose-dependent effect of its duration. OBJECTIVE To determine whether breastfeeding and its duration are associated with a reduced risk of being overweight among young children in the United States. DESIGN AND SETTING Data on infant feeding and child overweight status wer...

socioeconomic basis of children obesity is of high importance for preventive policies. this study aimed to compare the prevalence of obesity among children living in two different levels of welfare regions in mashhad northeast of iran. a total of 625 primary school girls and boys aged 78-127 months were randomly selected, and values of their body mass index (bmi) were measured. the prevalence o...