Search Results for "Cohort Research Severity Of Obesity In Children"
Original Source: Associations between severity of obesity in childhood and adolescence, obesity onset and parental BMI: a longitudinal cohort study.
Objective:To explore the relationship between severity of obesity at age 7 and age 15, age at onset of obesity, and parental body mass index (BMI) in obese children and adolescents.Design:Longitudinal cohort study.Subjects:Obese children (n=231) and their parents (n=462) from the Swedish National Childhood Obesity Centre.Methods:Multivariate regression analyses were applied with severity of obesity (BMI standard deviation score (BMI SDS)) and onset of obesity as dependent variables. The effect of parental B...
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Obesity is the condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body (mostly in subcutaneous tissues). clinical obesity is considered to be present when a person has a BMI of over 30 (Oxford Dic...
Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Substance Use in Children and Adolescents
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis NASH
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent” liver disease. It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major featu...
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To the Editor: Obesity and extreme obesity in childhood, which are more prevalent among minority and low-income families, have been associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, increased health...
Children with psoriasis may be at increased risk for overweight and obesity
CHICAGO – A study of children in nine countries found that psoriasis in children was associated with an increased risk for overweight and obesity, regardless of psoriasis severity, according to a re...
Obesity: Predicting risk of later obesity from the first day of life
Obesity is a considerable threat to the future health of our children. Data from a large prospective cohort study have now led to the generation of a simple tool that can be used in the neonatal perio...
Obesity Alone May Not Hurt Kids' Classroom Performance
FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese does not affect children's school performance, according to a new British study. Researchers at the University of York analyzed data from nearly 4,000...
Parental Stress Influences Children's Obesity
A high number of stressors in parents can cause a greater likelihood of children with obesity. Additionally, when parents feel stressed, their children consume fast food more frequently, in contrast...
Combining exercise and economics in the study of childhood obesity
(Medical Xpress)—The medical costs of obesity for the current cohort of children and adolescents in Maine could reach an estimated $1.2 billion over the next 20 years, according to a new study by a...
Abuse during childhood may contribute to obesity in adulthood
Investigators report research findings that may shed light on influences on obesity during adulthood. The study found an association of severity of sexual and physical abuse during childhood and adole...
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Objective:To explore the relationship between severity of obesity at age 7 and age 15, age at onset of obesity, and parental body mass index (BMI) in obese children and adolescents.Design:Longitudinal...
Weight and weight gain during early infancy predict childhood obesity: a case-cohort study.
Background:Infant weight and weight gain are positively associated with later obesity, but whether there is a particular critical time during infancy remains uncertain.Objective:The aim was to investi...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A growing body of epidemiologic evidence links oral health, obesity, and cardiovascular health, though few studies have reported on these relationships in children. While underly...
Dairy consumption and overweight and obesity: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies.
A comprehensive literature search was undertaken to examine the relationship between dairy consumption and overweight/obesity in prospective cohort studies. A literature search from 1980 through to Ap...
Abstract We examined sex and ethnic differences in central fatness, as assessed by waist circumference measurements, in 13 590 Millennium Cohort Study 5-year-olds. Measurements were expressed as z-sco...
