Parenting styles are a risk factor for adolescents overweight/obesity worldwide, but this
association is not well understood in the context of Latin America. This study examines the …

Background There is an urgent need for innovative approaches to adolescent obesity
treatment, particularly among individuals from racially and ethnically marginalized …

Effective and simple screening tools are needed to detect behaviors that are established
early in life and have a significant influence on weight gain later in life. Crowdsourcing could …

Background: While authoritative parenting, which includes high levels of warmth and
behavioral control, has been associated with lower risk of obesity, little is known about how …

Summary Background The Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening Tool (FNPA)
evaluates family behavioural and environmental factors associated with pediatric obesity …

More complex models than those currently available are needed to guide research about
childhood obesity. This article presents an interpersonal and intrapersonal risk model of …

Background Children's psychological and physiological health can be summarized as the
child's thinking, feeling, behaving, eating, growing, and moving. Children's psychological …

Eating habits appear to become less healthy once children move into adolescence.
Adolescence is characterized by increasing independence and autonomy. Still, parents …

Background Early child weight gain predicts adolescent and adult obesity, underscoring the
need to determine early risk factors affecting weight status and how risk factors might be …

Identifying factors that affect adolescent lifestyle behaviors is essential in order to develop
effective generic prevention approaches. This study aimed to investigate the association …