This study was carried out to determine the contribution of body fatness to bone mineral
content (BMC) and density (BMD) in obese children and adolescents. A cross-sectional …

There is a large literature on the relationship between obesity and bone. What we can
conclude from this review is that the increase in body weight causes an increase in BMD …

Osteoporosis and obesity are important public health problems in an aging society. We
investigated the differential impacts of fat on bone mineral density (BMD) according to …

Context: It is unclear whether fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM) differ in the way they
influence cortical bone development in boys and girls. Objective: The aim of the study was to …

Objective To investigate the risk of bone fracture sustained by obese children exposed to
falls. The bone fracture risk of obese children would be greater than that of their nonobese …

Epidemiologic studies have replicated positive associations between obesity and bone
health, but their mechanisms are still debatable. We aimed to scrutinize an association …

As the associations between pediatric overweight/obesity and bone health remain
controversial, we investigated the effects of overweight/obesity as well as lean mass (LM) …

Introduction Childhood obesity is a public health problem with repercussions in later life. As
tissue formation peaks in childhood we determined how weight status influences bone …

Observational studies have indicated the associations between obesity with bone mineral
density (BMD) and fracture but yield inconsistent results. The impact of childhood obesity on …

Objective: To evaluate the influence of body composition on bone mass in children and
adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 267 healthy students of both sexes (141 …