The number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese worldwide is
alarming. We did a systematic review to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity …

Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in developing countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

ObjectivePrevalence ranges to classify levels of wasting and stunting have been used since
the 1990s for global monitoring of malnutrition. Recent developments prompted a re …

Background: Childhood obesity is associated with serious health problems and the risk of
premature illness and death later in life. Monitoring related trends is important. Objective …

Background In low-and middle-income countries, the distribution of childhood nutritional
diseases is shifting from a predominance of undernutrition to a dual burden of under-and …

Discusses the increase in the risk of school-aged children carrying excess body fat for
developing chronic disease. Concerns over the problem of childhood obesity; Calls for …

During the past two decades, the prevalence of obesity in children has risen greatly
worldwide. Obesity in childhood causes a wide range of serious complications, and …

Objectives. Obesity has become a global epidemic but our understanding of the problem in
children is limited due to lack of comparable representative data from different countries, and …

During the past decade, possible advancement in timing of puberty has been reported in the
United States. In addition, early pubertal development and an increased incidence of sexual …

Context Prevalence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome is rapidly increasing in
developing countries, leading to increased morbidity and mortality due to type 2 diabetes …