Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century
with far-reaching and enduring adverse consequences for health outcomes. Over 42 million …

Obesity and psychiatric disorders have high prevalence and are both considered major
health problems. Within the last decades, the rates of obesity have risen over 6%, while the …

Childhood obesity is a growing concern, and while progress has been made to understand
the association between multiple biological factors (ie, genetics, nutrition, exercise etc.), little …

Childhood obesity has become a global pandemic in developed countries, leading to a host
of medical conditions that contribute to increased morbidity and premature death. The …

Objectives. We examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between obesity
and emotional and behavioural problems in a nationally representative sample of young …

Childhood obesity is multi factorial health condition, so the simple evaluation of body fat will
not be sufficed to manage the global epidemic of childhood obesity. Literature consistently …

OBJECTIVE: To review the past 10 years of published research on psychiatric aspects of
child and adolescent obesity and highlight information mental health professionals need for …

The prevalence of obesity is on a global‐wide increase, but still the aetiology of adult obesity
is poorly understood. It has been shown that overweight children suffer from adverse …

BACKGROUND: Worldwide estimates of childhood overweight and obesity are as high as
43 million, and rates continue to increase each year. Researchers have taken interest in the …

The upsurge in the US national prevalence and incidence rates of childhood obesity (95th
age-and gender-specific body mass index [BMI] percentile) over the last 3 decades has led …