Overweight and obesity constitute a global epidemic with rates that are increasing rapidly in
children. The aim of the present study was to examine ethnic differences in the prevalence of …

Background. Poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, and obesity in children have important
public health implications but, to date, their effects have not been studied in the growing …

Road access can influence protective and risk factors associated with nutrition by affecting
various social and biological processes. In northern coastal Ecuador, the construction of …

Objectives To examine the effect of parental rural-to-urban internal migration on nutritional
status of left-behind children and how this is related to guardianship. Methods We used …

Background Risk for obesity increases for Mexican-origin immigrants and their children
upon arrival in the USA. Acculturative factors have been shown to play a role, but the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the childcare industry over the past two
years. This study examined how pandemic-related challenges impacted preschool-aged …

Methods We examined the associations of individual, family (household), and community
(municipality) characteristics with body mass index (BMI) z scores and likelihood of …

Obesity among the Mexican-origin adult population in the US has been associated with
longer stays in the US and with being US-vs. Mexican-born, two proxies for acculturation …

Background The main modifiable risk factors for obesity are related to lifestyle and
significantly influenced by the family, environment and culture. We aimed to estimate the …

Much of the research examining the patterns, timing, and socioeconomic characteristics of
child overweight has been limited by the lack of longitudinal nationally representative data …