OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in Cyprus and define possible associated risk factors. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of children 6–17 y of age performed during October 1999 to June 2000. METHODS: Anthropometric data were ...
In particular, lifestyle intervention was effective on weight loss in children with obesity, but almost no effect was found in adolescents with severe obesity [12]. Danielsson et al.reported that the BMI z-score was reduced at least 0.5 units during a three-year intervention in 58% of the ...
According to Saudi Arabia's National Health survey in 2023, approximately 16 percent of surveyed children under the age of 4 were obese.
L. Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity Among Children and Adolescents Aged 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 Through 2015–2016 (National Center for Health Statistics, 2018); https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_child_15_16/obesity_child_15_16.pdf Skinner, ...
First studies in children have suggested that NK cells from obese children are activated, metabolically stressed, and functionally deficient. This may lead to a suppression of antitumor immunity as early as during childhood, probably many years before the development of cancer. Summary Epidemiological ...
COHEN'S kappa coefficient (Statistics)Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) in determining obesity in Chinese children aged 6-9 years, using the criteria of percentage of body fat (PBF) and body mass index z-scores (B...
Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Pediatrics. 2010;125(2):361-367.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 10. US Preventive Services Task Force. US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Rockville, MD: US Preventive ...
However, data on gout diagnoses were ascertained in the NHANES III (1988-1994) and were used to compare the current sex- and race-specific estimates with those from more than 2 decades earlier. All procedures in each NHANES were approved by the National Center for Health Statistics Ethics ...
Materials and Methods: A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional design was used on a purposive convenience sample of 411 pregnant women in Jordan. Results were obtained through structured interviews, antenatal routine lab tests, physical measurements (height and weight), body mass index (BMI), ...
Current and future pharmacotherapies for obesity in children and adolescents Article 19 June 2023 References Afshin, A. et al. Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years. N. Engl. J. Med. 377, 13–27 (2017). This article summarizes the prevalence rates and...