Introduction The lifestyle behaviours of early adolescents, including diet, physical activity,
sleep, and screen usage, are well established contributors to health. These behaviours have …

Background The goal of this systematic review is to synthesize the published meta-analyses
assessing the role of nutritional, behavioral and physical activity factors/interventions on the …

Improving the nutritional content of public school meals is a topic of intense policy interest. A
main motivation is the health of school children, and, in particular, the rising childhood …

The upsurge in the US national prevalence and incidence rates of childhood obesity (95th
age-and gender-specific body mass index [BMI] percentile) over the last 3 decades has led …

There is a growing focus on links between obesity and cognitive decline in adulthood,
including Alzheimer's disease. It is also increasingly recognized that obesity in youth is …

Background The food addiction model proposes that obesity overlaps with addiction in terms
of neurobiological alterations in the striatum and related clinical manifestations (ie, craving …

Previous studies have found that obesity could influence academic performance. The aim of
this study was to systematically review the scientific evidence on the association between …

Results: Exercise was associated with a significant increase in adiponectin (WMD= 0.882 μg
ml− 1, 95% CI, 0.271–1.493) but did not alter leptin and resistin level. Likewise, exercise …

Dietary habits, that are formed during childhood and consolidated in adulthood, are known
to influence the development of future chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome or type …

Objective: While being overweight or obese in adolescence may have detrimental effects on
academic attainment, the evidence base is limited by reliance on cross-sectional studies …