[PDF] Top 20 Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with sedentary behavior in children

... but in children in the present study, the car was the most common type of ...Younger children walk to school less frequently than older ...take children to and from ... See full document

... total of 583 adolescents with a mean age of ...participated in the study, the majority being female (51.5%), in the age group of 14-17 years ...(57.8%), of the low ... See full document

... circumstances in different populations regardless of ethnicity, socio-economic status and food ...criteria of the WHO and IOTF showed that the prevalences of overweight ... See full document

... the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and its association with body image dissatisfaction in ...male and 589 female), with mean age ... See full document

... BMI and WC percentile were highly correlated, we also assessed the factors associated with intra-abdominal fat accumulation, assessed by WC measurement, in ...children. In adults, WC is ... See full document

... sample of Portu- guese adolescents, this study aimed to report the preva- lence of overweight and obesity over 16 years, from 1998 to ...boys and 13,768 girls) aged 11–16 years ... See full document

... interviews and questionnaires are available in Danish and English at the homepage: ...length and weight of their child at 5 and 12 months of age, which had been measured ... See full document

... large and nationwide representative surveys using objective anthropometric measurements have been ...study with objective measurement of height and weight for assessment of ... See full document

... found in the present study of a higher prevalence of excess weight in younger age groups (< 14 years), with a positive association between age < 14 years and ... See full document

... state and gender, significant differences were seen between male eutrophic and at risk of overweight/obesity adolescents, but not their female counter- ...associated with a type ... See full document

... The prevalence of overweight and obesity is gradually increasing in both developed and developing ...countries. Obesity, for instance, can present multifactorial ... See full document

... prevention of diseases over the course of life is directly related to the nutrition received during gestation and the first years of life ...against obesity, including some evidence ... See full document

... 30% of Portuguese children present ...problem with multiple causes, only a cross-sectorial and concerted action could contribute to their ...set of skills that make them ideal for ... See full document

... nature of the disease and provided recommen- dations for prevention of infection by cholera and similar ...residents of these countries became acutely aware of the fecal-oral ... See full document

... presence of high concentrations of IL-6 is related to inflammation, whereas polymorphisms such as rs1800795 and rs2069845 are associated with obesity and other diseases such as ... See full document

... 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 ... See full document

... ated with the presence of AN in children and adolescents with obesity and ...group with AN (G1) had higher BMI, Z-BMI, AC, body fat percentage, BP, insulin, ... See full document

... searched in eight electronic databases: CINAHL, Physical Education Index, Psy- cINFO, PubMed, SciELO, SCOPUS, SPORTDiscus e Web of Science, with reference to the initial search realized in ... See full document

... young children, especially infants, need much more than the essential feeding and hygiene care in order to have healthy ...attention and affection for its adequate ...mother and ... See full document

... BMI and body composition data for the Costa Rican children clearly suggest the need to implement short-term strategies to decrease the prevalence of obesity in the ...costs ... See full document