Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes our current understanding of factors
associated with childhood obesity, including latest prevalence rates, effectiveness of …

Obesity is a global epidemic and children are affected in increasing numbers. Overweight
children are at increased risk of becoming overweight adults with associated chronic …

Childhood obesity is a complex disease with different genetic, metabolic, environmental and
behavioural components that are interrelated and potentially confounding, thus making …

Obesity is considered a global epidemic because its prevalence and severity in both adults
and children is increasing worldwide at alarming rates (1-7). This increase has been related …

Childhood obesity is currently one of the most prevailing and challenging public health
issues among industrialized countries and of international priority. The global prevalence of …

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developed countries. Twenty five percent
of children in the US are overweight and 11% are obese. Overweight and obesity in …

Global childhood obesity increased more than 8-fold over 40 years, inducing a very large
personal, societal, and economic burden. Effects of available treatments are less than …

Childhood and adolescent obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States.
Currently, about 17% of US children are presenting with obesity. Obesity can affect all …

The global rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity has been reported in children
both in developed and developing countries, and these figures have been projected to …

Rates of overweight in North American children and adolescents have increased
dramatically since the 1970s. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and …