Summary The increase of child obesity in the Caribbean is a health problem due to the complications among children and the consequences that it can produce in adult life such as non-transmittable chronic disease; therefore it is necessary to face this problem in anR Visser...
For many years obesity was perceived as a condition occurring only in adult life. However, in recent years the number of children suffering from obesity has grown significantly. There are several causes and numerous solutions which can be ...
In response to the rising childhood obesity crisis in the United States, many efforts are underway to encourage children and teenagers to lead healthier li... K Swennen 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Gardening and nutrition: A systems approach to an intervention and evaluation The public health significance...
Equally vehemently, other groups challenge the basis for doctors and scientists constantly invoking the "dark shroud of epidemic obesity," claiming such tales only stigmatize and further isolate the sufferers who "don't choose to be fat." In this chapter, I will present the case that childhood...
Childhood Obesity Facts Being overweight or obese is defined as having abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that causes a risk to your health. Excess body fat is usually measured by body mass index (BMI). BMI measures your weight in relation to your height. For children and adolescents, a ...
Significant under- representation in cancer protocol participation has been documented for Hispanics and children of Spanish-speaking parents (16). For obesity studies, the mean retention rates were lower in trials solely targeting African-American and Hispanic children (17). Efforts to increase ...
Obesity is a global epidemic in both children and adults, and is one of the biggest contributors to preventable chronic disease and rising US healthcare costs. Rimidi’s obesity view alerts clinicians to risk factors associated with obesity (e.g. hypertension, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty...
The prevalence of obesity increases with age but is apparent even in early life. Early childhood is a critical period for development that is known to influence future health. Even so, the focus on obesity in this phase, and the factors that affect the d
and in 2012 more than 40 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese. The rising incidence of obesity poses a great burden on healthcare systems, as excess body weight is believed to be the driver of many non-communicable diseases, namely type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dise...
Children with physical disabilities (PD) are less physically active than typically developing peers. The most important contributor to physical activity for primary school-aged children is outside play and therefore this should be part of every child’s