Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

A Martin, JN Booth, Y Laird, J Sproule… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The global prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is high. Lifestyle
changes towards a healthy diet, increased physical activity and reduced sedentary activities …

Assessing and managing the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents

MD DeBoer - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a group of cardiovascular risk factors that are associated
with insulin resistance and are driven by underlying factors, including visceral obesity …

Diabetes in developing countries

A Misra, H Gopalan, R Jayawardena… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a rapid escalation of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in developing countries, with
varied prevalence according to rural vs urban habitat and degree of urbanization. Some …

Epidemiology and determinants of type 2 diabetes in south Asia

AP Hills, R Arena, K Khunti, CS Yajnik… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Type 2 diabetes has rapidly developed into a major public health problem in south Asia
(defined here as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) in recent …

Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives: a potential class of natural compounds for the management of lipid metabolism and obesity

MA Alam, N Subhan, H Hossain, M Hossain… - Nutrition & …, 2016 - Springer
Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives are important class of polyphenolic compounds originated
from the Mavolanate-Shikimate biosynthesis pathways in plants. Several simple phenolic …

Overweight and obesity in Indonesia: prevalence and risk factors—a literature review

CN Rachmi, M Li, LA Baur - Public health, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Overweight/obesity is a problem faced by both high-and low-and middle-income
countries. This review aimed to report published data on the prevalence of overweight and …

Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants in daily nutrition and human health

G Bjørklund, S Chirumbolo - Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Diet is a complex process that we are just beginning to fully understand. We need to develop
a deeper comprehension of metabolism, energy balance, the molecular pathways involved …

Parental underestimates of child weight: a meta-analysis

A Lundahl, KM Kidwell, TD Nelson - Pediatrics, 2014 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Parental perceptions of their children's weight play an
important role in obesity prevention and treatment. The objective of this study was to …

Physical activity in the prevention of childhood obesity: the position of the European childhood obesity group and the European academy of pediatrics

J Wyszyńska, S Ring-Dimitriou, D Thivel… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Obesity affects an increasing number of children and adolescents. Physical activity (PA) is a
significant factor in the prevention of excessive body mass in the pediatric population. A …

What is metabolic syndrome, and why are children getting it?

R Weiss, AA Bremer, RH Lustig - … of the New York Academy of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, altered
glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, and abdominal obesity) that occur in obese children …