Background Child and adolescent obesity is increasingly prevalent, and can be associated
with significant short‐and long‐term health consequences. Objectives To assess the efficacy …

Interventions for treating obesity in children Page 1 Interventions for treating obesity in children
(Review) Summerbell CD, Ashton V, Campbell KJ, Edmunds L, Kelly S, Waters E This is a reprint …

Background: Little is known about how the intensity of exercise influences cardiovascular
fitness and body composition, especially in obese adolescents. Objective: Our goal was to …

Background: It is unclear how the amount and intensity of physical activity (PA) are
associated with cardiovascular fitness (CVF) and body fatness in children. Objective: We …

The House of Commons Select Committee on obesity, and two expert groups in the USA,
recommend that the body mass index (BMI) of every school child should be measured each …

Background: Overweight prevalence among children/adolescents is increasing, while adult
obesity may potentially cause a decline in life expectancy. More exercise is uniformly …

Developing effective exercise programmes for the paediatric population is a strategy for
decreasing obesity and is expected to help in eventually limiting obesity-associated long …

Although obesity is associated with increased risk of many chronic diseases including
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer, there is little evidence to …

Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment, Second Edition summarizes the latest
scientific knowledge on obesity in children. This edition focuses on the developmental …

BACKGROUND: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been used extensively to
measure body composition, but has been validated by comparison to chemical analysis on …