Introduction: Childhood obesity is occurring at alarming rates in both developed and
developing countries.“Obesogenic” environmental factors must be associated with variants …

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight is considered a public
health issue in both developed and developing countries. This systematic review and meta …

Childhood obesity represents a worldwide concern as many countries have reported an
increase in its incidence, with possible cardiovascular long-term implications. The …

Background: Obese individuals are often in a chronic inflammatory condition due to the
malfunction of immune-related activities in the adipose tissue, involving a transient …

Classroom-based physical activity (PA) interventions have received considerable attention
due to improvements seen in academic achievement, classroom behaviors, and attitude …

Introduction Obesity is associated with a chronic inflammation due to the deficiency in
immune activity related to adipose tissue. A wide-spectrum of pro-inflammatory cytokines …

Introduction: During the last three decades, there has been an excess weight epidemic due
to changes in nutrition and lifestyle. Few data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in …

Secular trends in anthropometric parameters have been documented in most European
countries, but no data is available regarding Romanian. The aim of the study was to …

Background Childhood overweight and obesity is a serious public health issue with an
increase being observed in preschool-aged children. Treating childhood obesity is difficult …

Introduction: The global epidemic of obesity concerns children, and monitoring the
prevalence is of highest priority. Body mass index (BMI) with age-and sex-specific cutoff …