Introduction: Obesity is considered to be a chronic disease with multifactorial etiology. The
purpose of this study was to identify predictors of obesity among total energy and …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships between diet, body composition, physical activity,
parents' obesity and adiposity in children at the age of 8 y and four years later. STUDY …

Abstract Background/Objectives An appreciation of infant body composition is helpful to
understand the 'quality'of growth in early life. Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) using …

Introduction Several diet and physical activity (PA) factors have been associated with
obesity, however, is not clear which factors impact the most among children. Objective …

Background: Physical activity (PA) levels in children are declining, a widespread
predicament affecting children from different backgrounds. Decreasing levels of PA coexist …

Background The paediatric relative fat mass (RFMp) index was valid for analysis of percent
body fat (BF%). However, the validation did not consider biological maturation (BM) stages …

Aim: The present study aimed to assess food consumption pattern of adolescent girls and to
associate the same with the body mass index (BMI). Materials and methods: A quantitative …

Measurement of children's body composition has become increasingly common. However,
attention has been focused on methods, and less on the way in which data is expressed …

The objective of the present study was to investigate the accuracy of percent body fat (% fat)
estimates from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) …

Methods: 109 overweight and obese (BMI> 90th pc) children (63 girls) aged 10, 9±2, 6 yr
(median age: 10, 7 yr) were included. After an overnight fast, the subjects' anthropometric …