Childhood and adolescent obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States.
Currently, about 17% of US children are presenting with obesity. Obesity can affect all …

The epidemic of overweight and obesity presents a major challenge to chronic disease
prevention and health across the life course around the world. Fueled by economic growth …

Birth by caesarean section has been recently implicated in the aetiology of childhood
obesity, but studies examining the association have varied with regard to their settings …

Background By 2020, it is predicted that 60 million children worldwide will be overweight.
Maternal smoking in pregnancy has been suggested as a contributing factor. Our objective …

The latest scientific acquisitions are demonstrating what has already been hypothesized for
more than twenty years about the development of the state of health/illness of individuals …

Background: The present study examined the effects of breastfeeding and its duration on the
development of childhood obesity from 24 months through grade 6. Methods: US …

Introduction Large socioeconomic, gender, and ethnic inequalities exist in terms of
childhood obesity worldwide. Children from low socioeconomic status families are more …

Background Comparable evidence on adiposity inequalities in early life is lacking across a
range of European countries. This study investigates whether low maternal education is …

Abstract Research Questions What are the non‐modifiable (socioeconomic, genetic) and
modifiable factors (physical activity, dietary behaviors) related to childhood (under age 12) …

Background Little is known about the influence of parental attributes and parental screen
time behaviours on pre-schooler's screen time and weight status in low-to-middle income …