CHILDHOOD OBESITY ON THE RISE
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- Obesity: a Review of Current Perspectives. // Current Medical Literature: GH & Growth Factors;2003, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p53
Focuses on obesity perspectives. Definition; Prevalence; Sex prevalence; Co-morbidities; Pathophysiology; Genetic factors; Treatment; Surgical considerations.
- "Healthy Eating--Healthy Action": evaluating New Zealand's obesity prevention strategy. McLean, Rachael M.; Hoek, Janet A.; Buckley, Sue; Croxson, Bronwyn; Cumming, Jacqueline; Ehau, Terry H.; Tanuvasa, Ausaga Fa'asalele; Johnston, Margaret; Mann, Jim I.; Schofield, Grant // BMC Public Health;2009, Vol. 9, p452
Background: New Zealand rates of obesity and overweight have increased since the 1980s, particularly among indigenous Maori people, Pacific people and those living in areas of high deprivation. New Zealand's response to the obesity epidemic has been The Healthy Eating-Healthy Action: Oranga Kai...
- Trends of obesity and abdominal obesity in Tehranian adults: a cohort study. Hosseinpanah, Farhad; Barzin, Maryam; Eskandary, Parvin Sarbakhsh; Mirmiran, Parvin; Azizi, Fereidoun // BMC Public Health;2009, Vol. 9, p426
Background: Considering the increasing trend of obesity reported in current data, this study was conducted to examine trends of obesity and abdominal obesity among Tehranian adults during a median follow-up of 6.6 years. Methods: Height and weight of 4402 adults, aged 20 years and over,...
- Interaction of obesity, metabolic syndrome and Framingham risk on steatohepatitis among healthy Taiwanese: population-based nested case-control study. Kuo-Liong Chien; Hsiu-Ching Hsu; Chia-Lun Chao; Bai-Chin Lee; Ming-Fong Chen; Yuan-Teh Lee // Cardiovascular Diabetology;2006, Vol. 5, p12
Background: There have been scant reports on the cumulative effects of atherosclerotic risk factors on steatohepatitis. Methods: We defined cases of steatohepatitis (n = 124) from one health examination center at National Taiwan University Hospital from January to December 2002. We selected...
- Obesity epidemic migrates east. Spritzer, Dinah A. // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;11/9/2004, Vol. 171 Issue 10, p1159
Looks at the epidemic of obesity in East Europe. Reason countries of Eastern Europe have a faster growing obesity rate in comparison with Western Europe; Information on the European Study for Obesity; Result of changes in the health care system.
- Examination Questions. // PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy;Jun2004, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p99
Presents a list of questions on obesity and health. Limitation in using the body mass index; Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S.; Factors influencing the development of obesity.
- OOH-LA-LA. // Vegetarian Times;Sep2003, Issue 313, p16
Reports on the ten percent obesity rate in France as of September 2003. Concerns of clothing designers about the obesity rate.
- Estimating The Number of Deaths Due to Obesity: Can The Divergent Findings Be Reconciled? Manson, Joann E.; Bassuk, Shari S.; Hu, Frank B.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Colditz, Graham A.; Willett, Walter C. // Journal of Women's Health (15409996);Mar2007, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p168
The authors comment on the conduct of various studies on estimating the number of deaths due to obesity. They discuss the limitations and issues regarding previous studies regarding deaths due to obesity. One of the issues is the reverse causation, of the fact that low weight can result from...
- Weight-Control Behavior Among Obese Children: Association With Family-Related Factors. Fei-Ling Wu; Shu Yu; Ien-Lan Wei; Yin, Terese J.C. // Journal of Nursing Research (Taiwan Nurses Association);Mar2003, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p19
Investigates the weight-control behavior of obese children. Discussion on parents' supervision of obese children; Factors that influenced weight-control behavior; Relationship between the individual and basic family characteristics of obese elementary school children and their execution of...
