Background The rising burden of childhood obesity is a major public health concern,
particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where most health systems are weak and least …

Obesity has quickly become a worldwide pandemic, causing major adverse health
outcomes such as dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and …

Childhood obesity has become one of the most serious global health challenges of our time.
The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity has rapidly increased worldwide …

Visceral adiposity is increasingly recognized as a key condition for the development of
obesity related disorders, with the ratio between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and …

ObjectiveRecent studies have reported an increasing prevalence of childhood hypertension.
Obesity is probably the most important risk factor. The relationship between hypertension …

Introduction No prevalence/trends were reported in Chinese infants and preschool children
at the national level in this historical period of 1980s–2000s. The objectives of this paper …

Background The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is increasing. It is
important to examine and monitor obesity critically among the young population who are …

Overweight and obesity in most countries of Europe show rising secular trends and are
predicted to continue rising if counteracting measures are not taken (Wan et al. 2007). In the …

Background Little information exists about the relationship of nutritional status and motor
performance conditional on asymptomatic parasitemia in rural African children. Aims The …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and some of their
social correlates among children in Switzerland. METHODS: Data from population and …