PREVENTING OBESITY IN CHILDREN IN FAMILY MEDICINE: THE IMPACT OF WHO PROTOCOLCarmen-Adriana, DogaruSergiu, ChirilaActa Medica Marisiensis
"Africa is facing a growing problem of obesity and overweight, and the trends are rising. This is a ticking time bomb. If unchecked, millions of people, including children, risk living shorter lives under the burden of poor health," said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. ...
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...
Children who require emergency care have unique needs, especially when emergencies are serious or life-threatening. The majority of ill and injured childre... None - 《Journal of Emergency Nursing》 被引量: 84发表: 2013年 Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids - 'Go for you...
Τhe number of overweight and obesity in the pediatric population has increased dramatically, a trend that is followed by a corresponding increase in the pediatric population with congenital heart disease. Notwithstanding , children with congenital heart disease seem to follow abnormal growth patterns. ...
Prevalence of overweight preschool children in public day care centers: a cross-sectional study Brazil is undergoing a period of epidemiological transition associated with demographic and nutritional changes. The prevalence of obesity is also increasing in children and is causing numerous health problems ...
Children who experienced chronic poverty often felt unsafe at school, typically due to victimization among students at low-income schools, and therefore were more likely to be overweight or obese. “Childhood obesity is caused and sustained by a complex...
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May) suggests that having a high BMI in childhood coupled with obesity in adulthood may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes. However, children with a high BMI who did ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) to monitor changes in overweight in primary-school children. The aims of this paper are to present the anthropometric results of COSI Round 2 (2009/2010) and to explo...
The World Health Organization (WHO) released in 2020 updated global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children, adolescents, adults, older adults and sub-populations such as pregnant and postpartum women and those living with ch