(2010). "Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between 1985 and 2008." International Journal of Obesity 34(1): 57-66.T S Olds,G R Tomkinson,K E Ferrar,C A Maher.Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between 1985 and...
Trends in the prevalence of morbid obesity in Australian children and adolescents from 1985 to 2008: what do we know about?doi:10.1038/ijo.2011.127A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between ...
This nationally representative survey confirms high rates of overweight and obesity in preschoolers throughout Australia. The recent emergence of a substantial socio-economic gradient should bring new urgency to public health measures to combat the obesity epidemic. This is a preview of subscription conte...
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
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the global prevalence of obesity in pediatric type 2 diabetes, examines the association of sex and race
There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents over the last few decades. Obesity is associated with significant psychosocial and physical morbidity. Objective The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of obesity and associated morbidity, inc...
Funds: Funded by International Life Sciences Institute, Focal Point in ChinaAbstract Objective To describe the nationwide prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity, and their group variations and trends over the past 20 years in the Chinese urban population. Methods Data sets of boys and girls at ...
There was no significant increase in the prevalence of obese children and teens in the U.S. between 1999 and 2006, in contrast to the increase that had been reported in prior years, according to a study in the May 28 issue of JAMA. ...
The prevalence of overall anemia among WRA varied broadly across LMICs (Fig. 1a,b). In 2018, anemia prevalence was highest in West African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries, including Gambia (50.3% (95% uncertainty interval: 43.3–57.5)), Senegal (47.3% (43.4–50.1)), Mali (47.6...
Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between 1985 and 2008. Background:Popular media, health experts and researchers talk about a paediatric 'obesity epidemic' with exponentially increasing rates of obesity and over... Olds,T.,S. - 《International Journal of O...