The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and
surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations …

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess socio-behavioral factors of overweight and
obesity in primary Egyptian school children such as: residence, type of school, parent …

Background and purpose: Obesity is a growing public health concern worldwide. This study
examined the prevalence of obesity/overweight and its relation with cumulative …

Background: There has been an increase in the prevalence of obesity in developing
countries with a concomitant rise in morbidity and mortality. The sociodemographic factors of …

Obesity may be the consequence of various environmental or genetic factors, which may be
highly correlated with each other. We aimed to examine whether grandmaternal and …

Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 preschool children aged 4 to 6
years old in Behbahan city, southwest Iran, in 2016. Multi-stage random sampling was done …

The impact of ethnic residential concentration on the process of integration of ethnic
minorities into the mainstream society has been increasingly debated among both scholars …

The pervasiveness of obesity has been increasing drastically in Malaysia, and proved to be
a serious health issue along with its effect on the economic growth of the country. Obesity …

Background and purpose: Obesity is a growing public health concern worldwide. This study
examined the prevalence of obesity/overweight and its relation with cumulative …

Weight loss and obesity among American Black women (including African American and
Caribbean Black women) is a growing issue in the United States. However, a notable gap …