AIM: To review the available data in Spain about the socio-demographic and home
environmental determinants in children and adolescents. METHOD: Review of the main …

The purpose of the study was to assess prospectively the influence of social factors in
childhood on risk of overweight in young adulthood, while taking into account degree of …

Background There is a growing worldwide trend of obesity in children. Identifying the causes
and modifiable factors associated with child obesity is important in order to design effective …

Introduction Childhood obesity is inversely associated with household socioeconomic status
in high-income countries. Our aim was to explore the association between childhood weight …

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 …

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of childhood obesity, the
association between the undesirable lifestyles and socioeconomic factors, the association …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of overweight children and its modifications over
a period of 10 y and whether changes in overweight prevalence is similar in the inland and …

Results: Although the prevalence of overweight and obesity had levelled off among boys
and girls aged 5 to 9 years, it nevertheless showed a significant upward trend among those …

Background In 2012, the prevalence of obesity and overweight statuses among children in
Spain was 9% and 26%, respectively. Concerns about childhood obesity have increased …

Prevalence estimates of obesity in a national random sample of Spanish children and young
people are presented in this paper, defined by age-and sex-specific BMI national reference …