The rates of adolescents with obesity continue to climb at alarming rates, contributing to current and future metabolic, physiological, and psychological problems. Careful screening and assessment by providers using growth charts i crucial to prevent obesity in adolescence. Consistent education on ...
Obesity among U.S. adolescents and teens has remained stable in the U.S. of late, but varies among states.
An 'obesogenic' environment: as obesity rates continue to climb in adolescents across the United States, doctors are exploring surgical options to help these young patients lose the weight that threatens their health.(TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS: BARIATRIC SURGERY)...
Zylke, MD; Howard Bauchner, MD JAMA Original Investigation US Trends in Obesity Prevalence in Children and Adolescents, 1988-2014 Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD; Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH; Hannah G. Lawman, PhD; Cheryl D. Fryar, MSPH; Deanna Kruszon-Moran, MS; Brian K. Kit, MD, MPH; ...
This Position Statement updates the different components of the therapy of obesity (lifestyle intervention, drugs, and surgery) in children and adolescents, previously reported in the consensus position statement on pediatric obesity of the Italian Socie
The figures show that the obesity rates in the world's children and adolescents increased from less than one percent, or some five million girls and six million boys, in 1975 to nearly six percent in girls (50 million) and nearly eight percent in boys (74 million) in 2016. Combined, the...
This chapter reviews the definitions, prevalence, etiology, comorbidities, prevention, and treatment of childhood obesity. Obesity in childhood and adolescents is highly prevalent with the rates of severe obesity, in particular, increasing considerably.
Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Pediatrics. 2010;125(2):361-367.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 8. US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening and interventions for overweight in children and adolescents: recommendation ...
The study found that obesity in adolescents is associated with sensorineural hearing loss across all frequencies (the frequency range that can be heard by humans); sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the inner-ear hair cells. The highest rates were for low-frequency hearing loss—15...
Obesity is currently an escalating epidemic that affects many countries in the world including the Gulf region where this condition is responsible for an increasing death rates annually. The objective of the study was to evaluate the pre... A Kerkadi,N Aboelnaga,W Ibrahim - 《Emirates Journal...