OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of obesity and overweight among children and adolescents from Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil. METHODS Data was collected form Life Pattern Research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 1997. A sample of 3,317 children and 3,943 adolescents was studied according age groups. Overweight (adolescents) and obesity (...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate the relation between health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents. METHODS 3,204 students aged 12-18 years participated in the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance (HKSOS) project in 2006-2007. Anthropometric measures (height, weight) and health-related fitness (push-up, sit-up, sit-and-reach, 9-minute run) were...

BACKGROUND The ongoing rise in the prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is considered to be accompanied with the epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity. In this study, we established a large scale cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China, which presented a new evidence for the correlation of hypertension prevalence with overweight and obesity stages in Chinese children a...

Obesity is a rising health problem, with increasing prevalence in children and adolescents. Lower vitamin D is linked to increased adiposity and higher risk of metabolic syndrome. However, evidence from tropical Asian countries is limited, especially in children and adolescents. To examine the relationship between vitamin D level and BMI, abnormal glucose profile, insulin resistance and metabol...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Chennai, India, using national and international age- and sex- specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off points. METHODS The Obesity Reduction and Awareness and Screening of Non communicable diseases through Group Education in Children and Adolescents (ORANGE) project is a cross-sectional study carr...

INTRODUCTION Lifestyle of an individual is responsible for sixty percent of his/her state of health. Many studies of this problem indicate that in the style of life of schoolchildren, anti-health behaviours dominate over health promoting behaviours. OBJECTIVE The objective of the presented study was recognition of the lifestyle of the rural adolescents with overweight and obesity. MATERIAL ...

OBJECTIVE Thyroid abnormalities are common in obese children. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) and to determine how circulating thyroid hormone concentrations correlate with anthropometrics in Danish lean and obese children and adolescents. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we included 3006 children and adolescents, aged 6-18 y...

background:excess weight may be associated with mental distress and this relationship varies according to the socio-cultural background of different populations. this study aims to assess the relationship of overweight and obesity with some psychological disorders in a nationally representative sample of iranian adolescents. methods:this nationwide study was conducted in 2009-2010 among 5570 st...

BACKGROUND Evidence to support differential health impacts of sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is building. However, few studies have examined individual, social, and environmental supports across the full range of sedentary and physical activities, including key influences such as self-efficacy, parenting factors, and hom...

PURPOSE Conduct a systematic review of previous meta-analyses addressing the effects of exercise in the treatment of overweight and obese children and adolescents. METHODS Previous meta-analyses of randomized controlled exercise trials that assessed adiposity in overweight and obese children and adolescents were included by searching nine electronic databases and cross-referencing from retrie...