Childhood obesity has become one of the most serious global health challenges of our time.
The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity has rapidly increased worldwide …

Background In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased
dramatically. This worldwide epidemic has important consequences, including psychiatric …

This chapter describes the current prevalence and time trends of obesity in adults and
children worldwide. The obesity epidemic has become a major public health problem in …

Aim. To provide national estimates of obesity among US adults aged 20 years and older in
2011‐2012 and track its trends from 1999 to 2012. Methods. Measured weight/height from …

Introduction: Severe obesity among children and adolescents has emerged as a public
health concern in multiple places around the world. Methods: We searched the Medline …

Context: Controversy persists about optimal body weight. Many experts define
“normal”(healthy) body mass index (BMI) as 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2, 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 as …

The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the public health burden of obesity
in Canada. Based on nationally representative surveys that obtained measured heights and …

Abstract The recent World Health Organization (WHO) agreement on the standardized
classification of overweight and obese, based on body mass index (BMI), allows a …

Abstract Background In China, there have been few large prospective studies of the
associations of body mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality that have …

Introduction: Obesity is a public health crisis in the USA. This study aimed to estimate the
prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children and adolescents and identify novel …