The article focuses on a research published in the periodical "Health Affairs" which stated that prevention and treatment of obesity in children is cost effective as compared with its treatment in adults.doi:10.1007/s40274-015-2604-xNoneSpringer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...
Interventions for preventing obesity in children Background The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing in both adult and child populations throughout the world. Obesity in children impacts on ... K Campbell,E Waters,S O'Meara,... - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 被引量: 4374发表: 2002...
type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics released the first new clinical guidance in 15 years for treating obesity and overweight in children. We spoke with UCSF experts about their takeaways on the guidance. ...
The high prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents is of worldwide concern [1]. Obese children are more likely than normal-weight children to maintain a high body weight throughout their life making them more vulnerable to health problems in adulthood [2, 3]. Studies ...
Beverages constitute a significant compound of children's diet, which is, together with physical inactivity, supposed to be a main cause of the obesity epidemic. Recently, the dietary factor with the most consistent evidence for an effect on weight gain and obesity was proposed to be the ...
Developing obesity prevention interventions among minority ethnic children in schools and places of worship: The DEAL studyBackground: Childhood obesity is a major public health concern with serious implications for the sustainability of health... G Baker,M Maynard,E Rawlins,... 被引量: 1发表: 20...
Summary This review assessed the effectiveness of pre-school- and school-based obesity prevention and/or treatment interventions targeting healthy eating, physical activity or obesity in African American children and adolescents. Systematic searches were conducted for English-printed research articles published...
Parent-only interventions for childhood overweight or obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years Parent-only interventions for childhood overweight or obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years. Cochrane Libr. 2015;Loveman, E.; Al-Khundairy, L.; ... E Loveman,L Al-Khudairy,RE Johnson,... -...
An integrative review of interventions for adolescent weight loss. The number of overweight adolescents aged 12-19 has tripled during the past 2 decades. Although health risks associated with obesity in adolescence and adu... W Powell,Stuart,E Marion,... - 《Journal of School Nursing the Offic...
Targeted systematic review to support the updated US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for obesity in children and adolescents.To examine the benefits and harms of behavioral and pharmacologic weight-management interventions for overweight and obese children and adolescents....