Background Overweight and obesity can be defined as excessive and abnormal fat
depositions in our body. They have become one of the emerging and serious public health …

Introduction Recently, childhood and adolescence overweight/obesity has increased
disproportionately in developing countries, with estimates predicting a parallel increase in …

Background Nutrition plays a pivotal role in brain development throughout life. Sub-optimal
intellectual ability and poor school performance are said to be among the long term effects of …

Background: Double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is the co-existence of overweight/obesity
and undernutrition. Rising prevalence rates of childhood overweight/obesity in Nigeria have …

Introduction Obesity and overweight are an emerging problem in Africa. Obese children are
at increased risk of developing hypertension, high cholesterol, orthopaedic problems and …

Despite four decades of research, there is no systematic review and trend analysis on
paediatric (pre) hypertension in Nigeria. This article reviewed data from cross-sectional …

Background: The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of
life (HRQoL) in adolescence is important but there is a dearth of this information among …

Income inequality within the same place of residence may impact the nutritional status of
children. This study therefore investigated the impact of income inequality on the nutritional …

Background: About half of all child deaths have been associated with under-nutrition.
Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is a key area to improve child survival and …

BACKGROUND: Phases I and III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in
Childhood (ISAAC) documented increased asthma symptoms among Nigerian 13–14-year …