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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The Obesity Epidemic and Current Perceptions of Somatotypes by Children. Politano, Gwynn M.; Politano, P. Michael // North American Journal of Psychology;2011, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p349
This study sought to determine whether the current obesity epidemic has changed perceptions of obesity among children in a more acceptable direction. The study used the Lerner and Gellert (1969) study as a baseline for comparison. Participants ages 4 to 6 were shown 3 same gender silhouettes...
- Exploring the Relationship Between Education and Obesity. Devaux, Marion; Sassi, Franco; Church, Jody; Cecchini, Michele; Borgonovi, Francesca // OECD Journal: Economic Studies;2011, Vol. 2011 Issue 1, p121
An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence provides a strong suggestion that such an epidemic has affected certain social groups more than others. In particular, a better education appears to be associated with a lower...
- 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....
- OBELIGS: DESIGN FOR A MULTICENTRE PREVENTION AND AETIOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE INTERACTION OF LIFESTYLE, DIET AND GENETIC FACTORS IN CHILDREN AND INFANTS. Pigeot, I.; Bamman, K.; Peplies, J.; Ahrens, W. // Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health;Aug2004 Supplement 1, Vol. 58, pA110
The article discusses problems associated with obesity in children. Overweight and obesity are threatening to become a global epidemic, particularly involving children and adolescents. A research conducted focused on the understanding of individual susceptibility, resulting from gene-gene and...
- Pediatric Obesity: Are We Under-diagnosing? Noy, Liora; Walter, Michael; Matsunaga, Doris Segal; Maddock, Jay E. // Hawaii Medical Journal;Apr2006, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p102
Pediatric care providers are often discouraged by the scope and magnitude of our current childhood overweight epidemic. Numerous studies have shown the adverse consequences of pediatric obesity, ranging from short-term physical and psychosocial consequences to long-term consequences that...
- California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but successes are uneven. // Biomedical Market Newsletter;11/14/2011, Vol. 21, p791
The article discusses the study entitled "A Patchwork of Progress: Changes in Overweight and Obesity Among California 5th, 7th and 9th Graders 2005" from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. It noted the decline in the percentage of...
