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Predicting obesity in young adulthood from childhood and parental obesity
R Obert C. W Hitaker,J Effrey,A. W Right,M Argaret,S. P Epe,K Risty D. S Eidel,W Illiam H. D Ietz +6 more
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 692 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Parental obesity & Young adult.read more
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Primary Steps for Handling Childhood Obesity
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The Longitudinal Study of Obesity Prevalence in Different Socio-Economic Status for School Children: A Case Study of Obesity Prevalence for School Children in Antalya Region
TL;DR: Investigation of the obesity prevalence among school children in accordance with their gender and socio-economic levels during one year period found that girls had higher fat percentages than boys and students with high socio-Economic status had higher BMI, fat, and body weight than students with low socio- economic status.
Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em escolares de apucarana/pr
TL;DR: A coleta dos dados antropometricos para avaliacao do estado nutricional segundo o IMC(Kg/m2), foi feito com balanca de marca Filizola com capacidade de 150Kg e precisao de 100g e o estadiometro utilizado foi da marca Sanny com capacício de 2,2 metros as discussed by the authors.
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Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten and found that subsidy receipt is associated with increases in BMI and a greater likelihood of being overweight and obese.
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The influence of child, family, and community characteristics on change in children's body mass index: Mediating role of community-based physical activity trajectories
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how children's participation in community-based physical activity mediates the influences of child, family, and community characteristics on change in children's Body Mass Index (BMI), a commonly used measure to determine overweight and obese status.
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Do Obese Children Become Obese Adults? A Review of the Literature
TL;DR: Although the correlations between anthropometric measures of obesity in childhood and those in adulthood varied considerably among studies, the associations were consistently positive and the risk of adult obesity was at least twice as high for obese children as for nonobese children.