The number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese worldwide is
alarming. We did a systematic review to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity …

Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in developing countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

The objective of this study is to obtain reliable data from recent studies concerned with
obesity and its determinants in Portuguese children and adolescents. We searched in …

This Review describes current knowledge on the epidemiology and causes of child and
adolescent obesity, considerations for assessment, and current management approaches …

Background: Childhood obesity is associated with serious health problems and the risk of
premature illness and death later in life. Monitoring related trends is important. Objective …

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in
less than one generation. In the USA, the average weight of a child has risen by more than 5 …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of childhood obesity in Brazil by means of a
systematic review of representative studies. Sources: We searched for population-based …

Objectives. Obesity has become a global epidemic but our understanding of the problem in
children is limited due to lack of comparable representative data from different countries, and …

Health priority due to it high prevalence and consequences in health status. Objective: To
estimate prevalence of obesity in the chil-dren included in the National Health Survey of …

Rapidly changing dietary practices accompanied by an increasingly sedentary lifestyle
predispose to nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, including childhood obesity …