Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Epidemiology, Etiology, Clinical Diagnosis and Management
Tags: OBESITY in children; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY -- Economic aspects
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- Childhood obesity is associated with maternal smoking in pregnancy. Toschke, Michael; Koletzko, Berthold; Slikker, William; Hermann, Monika; von Kries, R�diger // European Journal of Pediatrics;2002, Vol. 161 Issue 8, p445
Overweight and obesity are major public health issues. Childhood obesity often persists throughout adulthood. Recently a higher prevalence of obesity in adults whose mothers smoked during pregnancy was reported. The aim of this study was to assess whether this association is also detectable in...
- An Epidemiological Overview Of Pediatric Obesity: A Global Perspective Of A Growing Problem. Byington, Randy; Keene, Shane; Samples, Don // Internet Journal of World Health & Societal Politics;2009, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p4
In the past childhood obesity has been identified as a health problem facing the developed nations, particularly those of North America, Europe and Australia. Childhood obesity and its latent impact on adult health has become a global health problem. This study presents a broad evaluation of...
- Overweight equals underpaid. // Cosmopolitan;Nov94, Vol. 217 Issue 5, p70
Reports that British women who are obese at age 16 earn about seven percent less than those who are not when they become adults.
- The Coming Diabetic Epidemic. // Food Management;Dec2000, Vol. 35 Issue 12, p18
Reports the increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in the United States. Percentage of increase; Correlation between diabetes and obesity in children; Implication on schools.
- The Perils of Too Much Sugar. Keiley, Lynn; Bloyd, Stephanie // Mother Earth News;Oct/Nov2006, Issue 218, p107
The article discusses the sugar consumption of Americans and its health implications. The effect has been most devastating on kids--the prevalence of childhood obesity increased 100 percent between 1980 and 1994. Each American consumes more than 152 pounds of added sugar each year--in addition...
- Children and the fat wars. King, Brad // Alive: Canada's Natural Health & Wellness Magazine;Sep2004, Issue 263, p28
Focuses on the prevalence of childhood obesity in the U.S. Failure of majority of parents to recognize that their children have weight problems; Association of early exposure to a high-carbohydrate diet with a child's susceptibility to obesity later in life; Need to address the problem of soft...
- Fat women... Poe, Randall; Courter, Carol Lee // Across the Board;Jan1995, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p5
Cites a study which states that fat women earn considerably less than thin women. Dartmouth College study of British women.
- IN BRIEF. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition;3/13/2010, Vol. 340 Issue 7746, p554
This section offers news briefs on medicine and health care, including the direct cost of Australia's obesity epidemic, HIV tests piloted by British pharmacy chain Superdrug at six shops across Great Britain, and the plan to vaccinate more than 85 million African children aged under 5 against polio.
- Primary Prevention from the Epidemiology Perspective: Three Examples from the Practice. Pigeot, Iris; De Henauw, Stefaan; Foraita, Ronja; Jahn, Ingeborg; Ahrens, Wolfgang // BMC Medical Research Methodology;2010, Vol. 10, Special section p1
Background: Primary prevention programmes are of increasing importance to reduce the impact of chronic diseases on the individual, institutional and societal level. However, most initiatives that develop and implement primary prevention programmes are not evaluated with scientific rigor. On the...
