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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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Physical environmental correlates of childhood obesity: a systematic review
TL;DR: A systematic review of quantitative research examining built and biophysical environmental variables associated with obesity in children and adolescents through physical activity found few consistent findings emerged.
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Lifetime Direct Medical Costs of Childhood Obesity
TL;DR: The literature is reviewed to identify the best current estimate of the incremental lifetime per capita medical cost of an obese child in the United States today relative to a normal weight child and recommends use of an estimate of $19 000 as the incremental Lifetime medical cost.
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Diabesity: an overview of a rising epidemic
TL;DR: The latest epidemiological data available describing the rising prevalence, health impact and economic impact of diabesity is overviewed and the measures required to slowdown this newly evolving epidemic are outlined.
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Best practice updates for pediatric/adolescent weight loss surgery.
Janey S.A. Pratt,Carine M. Lenders,Emily A. Dionne,Alison G. Hoppin,George L.K. Hsu,Thomas H. Inge,David Lawlor,Margaret F. Marino,Alan Meyers,Jennifer L Rosenblum,Vivian M. Sanchez +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a systematic search of English-language literature on WLS and pediatric, adolescent, gastric bypass, laparoscopic gastric banding, and extreme obesity published between April 2004 and May 2007 in PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Library.
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Youth sport: Positive and negative impact on young athletes
TL;DR: It appears that an emphasis on fun while establishing a balance between physical fitness, psychologic well-being, and lifelong lessons for a healthy and active lifestyle are paramount for success in youth sport.
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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.