Childhood obesity is a leading public health problem worldwide, as it is increasingly
prevalent and therefore responsible for serious obesity-related comorbidities, not only in …

The coexistence of childhood obesity (or its risk) and COVID-19 pandemic put children and
adolescents in greater risk to develop respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In fact, the …

COVID-19 restrictions have dramatically reduced the active lifestyle and physical activity
(PA) levels in the whole population, a situation that can contribute to weight gain and to …

Obesity is a multifactorial chronic impairment that further decreases quality of life and life
expectancy. Worldwide, childhood obesity has become a pandemic health issue causing …

(1) Introduction: Regular physical activity (PA) is an important part of a healthy lifestyle for
children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an increase in …

Body fat mass (FM) has advantages over body mass index (BMI) in terms of accuracy of
fitness assessment and health monitoring. However, the relationship between FM and …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an important health concern during childhood;
indeed, it is the most frequent cause of chronic liver diseases in obese children. No valid …

There is little evidence in children and adolescents with obesity of the relationships between
muscle strength/cardiorespiratory fitness (both components of health-related fitness= HRF) …

Background: Physical fitness (PF) is positively related to skeletal and metabolic health, and it
had an inverse relation with obesity. Adolescents with obesity have the worst performance in …

Background Excess adipose tissue negatively influences bone health during childhood,
affecting future bone fragility diseases such as osteoporosis. However, little is known about …