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Yeran Sun, Xuke Hu, Ying Huang and Ting On Chan
To examine to what extent spatial inequalities in childhood obesity are attributable to spatial inequalities in socioeconomic characteristics across a country, we aimed to investigate the spatial associations of socioeconomic characteristics and childhoo...
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Diego Gómez-Arbeláez, Paul A. Camacho, Daniel D. Cohen, Katherine Rincón-Romero, Laura Alvarado-Jurado, Sandra Pinzón, John Duperly and Patricio López-Jaramillo
Background: The current ?epidemic? of childhood obesity is described as being driven by modern lifestyles with associated socioeconomic and environmental changes that modify dietary habits, discourage physical activity and encourage sedentary behaviors. ...
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Susan B. Sisson, Adrien Malek-Lasater, Timothy G. Ford, Diane Horm and Kyong-Ah Kwon
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine individual, sociocultural, policy, and economic predictors of overweight/obesity in early care and education (ECE) teachers to identify modifiable opportunities to enhance the health of this crit...
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Annika Fraemke, Nina Ferrari, David Friesen, Fabiola Haas, Marlen Klaudius, Esther Mahabir, Lisa Schmidt and Christine Joisten
Juvenile obesity is associated with insulin resistance, among other comorbidities. In the pathogenesis of insulin-resistance-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes, Vitamin D deficiency is very common. Therefore, the relationship between insuli...
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Mihai Octavian Negrea, Bogdan Neamtu, Ioana Dobrota, Ciprian Radu Sofariu, Roxana Mihaela Crisan, Bacila Ionut Ciprian, Carmen Daniela Domnariu and Minodora Teodoru
A brief summary of the current knowledge on the mechanisms of childhood obesity and its repercussions on adult health.
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Carlos Garza, David A. Martinez, Jihyung Yoon, Brett S. Nickerson and Kyung-Shin Park
We investigated effects of 10-month telephone aftercare intervention following primary obesity intervention on changes in body fat percentage, physical fitness, and lipid profiles in obese Hispanic children. Seventy-one obese children were randomly assig...
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Didde Hoeeg, Ulla Christensen and Dan Grabowski
Design-based research (DBR) is an innovative methodology for co-creation, but potentials, challenges, and differences between methodological ideals and the real-life intervention context are under-researched. This study analyzes the DBR process in which ...
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Wenyan Li, Qin Liu, Xu Deng, Yiwen Chen, Shudan Liu and Mary Story
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the associations between obesity and puberty timing based on scientific evidence. Eight electronic databases were searched up to February 2017 for eligible studies, and two reviewers screened the articles...
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Hayati Adilin Mohd Abd Majid,Ajau Danis,Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni,Mastura Khalid
Pág. 97 - 105
The schools environment might be one of the factors that contribute to childhood obesity since children spent most of their time at school. This study aimed to identify the compliance of selected schools in Selangor, Malaysia with whole-school mapping fr...
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Fatma G. Huffman, Sankarabharan Kanikireddy and Manthan Patel
Prevalence of childhood obesity and its complications have increased world-wide. Parental status may be associated with children?s health outcomes including their eating habits, body weight and blood cholesterol. The National Health and Nutrition Examina...
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Norimah Said,Norazmir Md Nor,Siti Sabariah,Siti Khuzaimah
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This article aims to present the conceptual framework for the Intervention Health Educational Module and C.H.A.N.G.E design on Childhood Obesity Management for School Health Nurses towards obese school children. Social Cognitive theory, Urie Bronfenbrenn...
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Helen Andriani, Chu-Yung Liao and Hsien-Wen Kuo
Little is known about the childhood obesity prevention and treatment practices of Maternal and Child Health services (Posyandu) in Indonesia or in other countries. The present study aims to assess the association of the availability of Posyandu with over...
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Daniela Mokra, Romana Barosova and Juraj Mokry
Sex-based differences in bronchial asthma can already be observed in childhood, at which time allergic atopic asthma is more frequently found in boys than in girls. In adulthood, higher prevalence of asthma is reported in women, especially for the more s...
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Matthew Ellis and Puspa Raj Pant
This special issue of IJERPH has published a range of studies in this developing field of Global Community Child Health research. A number of manuscripts submitted in response to our invitation describing ?community-based interventions which impact on ch...
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Hans Hõrak
As sedentary lifestyles and childhood obesity are becoming more prevalent, research in the field of physical activity (PA) has gained much momentum. Monitoring the PA of children and adolescents is crucial for ascertaining and understanding the phenomena...
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Daniel W. Harrington, Jocelyn W. Jarvis and Heather Manson
Sports and recreation facilities provide places where children can be physically active. Previous research has shown that availability is often worse in lower-socioeconomic status (SES) areas, yet others have found inverse relationships, no relationships...
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Ilona Van de Kolk, Anne J. M. Goossens, Sanne M. P. L. Gerards, Stef P. J. Kremers, Roos M. P. Manders and Jessica S. Gubbels
Childhood obesity is an important public health issue influenced by both personal and environmental factors. The childcare setting plays an important role in children’s energy balance-related behaviours (EBRB), such as physical activity, sedentary ...
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Monique S. White, Clifton C. Addison, Brenda W. Campbell Jenkins, Vanessa Bland, Adrianne Clark and Donna Antoine LaVigne
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and is linked to hypertension among African American youth. Optimistic bias influences behavior of youth causing them to underestimate their susceptibility to negative health outcomes. This study explore...
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Jingjing Liang, Zheqing Zhang, Wenhan Yang, Meixia Dai, Lizi Lin, Yajun Chen, Jun Ma and Jin Jing
Previous research on the association between cesarean section (CS) and childhood obesity has yielded inconsistent findings. This study assessed the secular trend of CS and explored the relationship between CS and the risks of overweight and obesity in Ch...
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Syahrul Bariah Abdul Hamid,Jun HC,Binns CW
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Breastfeeding is linked to a number of health related benefits among infants. Breastfeeding provides the ideal nutrition for infants, by promoting a higher IQ and protecting against childhood and adult diseases. Despite these health benefits, the rates o...
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