Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developed countries. Twenty five percent of children in the US are overweight and 11% are obese. Overweight and obesity in childhood are known to have significant impact on both physical and psychological health. The mechanism of obesity development is...
Objective and setting To understand the salience and framing of childhood obesity across 19 years of UK national newspaper content. Design and outcome measures Quantitative content analysis of 757 articles about childhood obesity obtained from six daily and five Sunday newspapers. Articles were coded ...
Yet recently, the UK government signaled plans to introduce a law to increase the legal age to buy cigarettes year on year to eventually phase out the habit, citing the decision as one which would tackle the leading cause of preventable illness and death globally. Given that obesity is fast ...
Are associations of adulthood overweight and obesity with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related cancer modified by comparative body weight at age 10 years in the UK Biobank study? William Johnson Tom Norris Tom G. Richardson International Journal of Obesity (2025) The ...
Tackling obesity in childhood is important to reduce life-long risk and protect health. However, service provision is lacking in the UK and other countries. Interventions that are successful in the prevention and management of childhood obesity are urgently needed. These should ideally be evidence-...
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Increasing rates of childhood obesity may be responsible for a dramatic increase in early-onset puberty in girls, new research suggests. Obese girls, defined as at least 10 kilograms (22 pounds) overweight, had an 80% chance of developing breasts before their ninth birthday and starting menstruati...
The rate of childhood obesity and the rate of children being overweight are on the rise in Rhode Island, according to a Tuesday report from the Rhode Island Kid
Large socioeconomic, gender, and ethnic inequalities exist in terms of childhood obesity worldwide. Children from low socioeconomic status families are more likely to have overweight/obesity and related cardiometabolic problems and future cancer risk. A
ChildhoodChildhood obesity is a complex and multifaceted health issue that has become a significant public health concern worldwide. The prevalence of childhoodChildhood obesity has been steadily increasing, leading to a range of physical, psychological,