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- Childhood Obesity: University at Buffalo Experts Describe
Research & Recommendations for Combating Epidemic. // Ascribe Newswire: Health;8/7/2003, p2
The risk for obesity in children doubles for every two hours of television watched each day, and decreases 10 percent for every hour of exercise performed each day, according to University at Buffalo (UB) in Buffalo, New York researchers who study the cause, prevalence and prevention of...
- BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls. Georgiades E; Reilly J J; Stathopoulou E; Livingston A M; Pitsiladis Y P // Archives of Disease in Childhood;Nov2003, Vol. 88 Issue 11, p978
Body mass index (BMI) distribution changes were assessed in 2547 relatively affluent English girls, aged 12-16 years, during the UK childhood obesity epidemic (1986-96). An increase in BMI variability was observed only in 12-14 year olds, suggesting that BMI changes for population subgroups were...
- Avoidable epidemics soar. Defries, Melanie // Nursery World;4/22/2010, Vol. 110 Issue 4216, p8
The article reports that preventable health conditions such as obesity, alcoholism, tooth decay and problems from passive smoking are approaching epidemic levels in children, according to doctors from Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool, England.
- Pediatric Overeating and Obesity: An Epidemic. Miller, Jennifer; Gold, Mark S.; Silverstein, Janet // Psychiatric Annals;Feb2003, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p94
The article discusses the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents worldwide. Studies show that there are more obese than malnourished individuals. This epidemic can be attributed to some factors such as non-nutritional food, decreased exercise, genetics and physical and psychiatric...
- Associations of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 gene polymorphisms with IGF-I activity and lipid parameters in adolescents. Mong, J. L. Y.; Ng, M. C. Y.; Guldan, G. S.; Tam, C. H. T.; Lee, H. M.; Ma, R. C. W.; So, W. Y.; Wong, G. W. K.; Kong, A. P. S.; Chan, J. C. N.; Waye, M. M. Y. // International Journal of Obesity;Dec2009, Vol. 33 Issue 12, p1446
Objective:Childhood obesity is a growing global epidemic. Recent studies indicate that obesity and related metabolic traits are highly heritable. Increasing evidence suggests that growth hormone (GH) and the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis have important functions in regulating...
- The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: A Role for Pediatric Dentists? Vann Jr, William F.; Lee, Jessica Y.; Bouwens, Thomas J.; Braithwaite, Antonio S. // Pediatric Dentistry;Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p271
Since the 1970s, the incidence of obesity has more than doubled for children 2 to 5 years of age and adolescents 12 to 19 years of age, and has more than tripled for children 6 to 11 years of age. The increasing numbers of overweight and obese children and youth has led federal policymakers to...
- A big deal. Hamilton, Julie // Australian Parents;Feb/Mar2007, p66
The article offers a look at the prevalence of obesity in children in Australia. Childhood obesity is becoming a national health epidemic in the country. Overweight children tend to become overweight adults, which also makes them at greater risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and...
- Feasibility, design and conduct of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to reduce overweight and obesity in children: The electronic games to aid motivation to exercise (eGAME) study. Maddison, Ralph; Foley, Louise; Mhurchu, Cliona Ni; Jull, Andrew; Yannan Jiang; Prapavessis, Harry; Rodgers, Anthony; Hoorn, Stephen Vander; Hohepa, Maea; Schaaf, David // BMC Public Health;2009, Vol. 9, p1
Background: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in developed countries. Sedentary screen-based activities such as video gaming are thought to displace active behaviors and are independently associated with obesity. Active video games, where players physically interact with images...
- Childhood Obesity � The Shape of Things to Come. Ludwig, David S. // New England Journal of Medicine;12/6/2007, Vol. 357 Issue 23, p2325
The author discusses the looming crisis of pediatric obesity that, he feels, will become a catastrophic public health issue without effective intervention. He refers to the articles in this issue "Childhood Body-Mass Index and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood," by Jennifer L....
