Energy balance and obesity

JO Hill, HR Wyatt, JC Peters - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
This article describes the interplay among energy intake, energy expenditure, and body
energy stores and illustrates how an understanding of energy balance can help us develop …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2012 update: a report from the American Heart Association

Writing Group Members, VL Roger, AS Go… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Drinking to our health: can beverage companies cut calories while maintaining profits?

S Kleiman, SW Ng, B Popkin - Obesity Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Carbonated soft drinks and other beverages make up an increasing percentage of energy
intake, and there are rising public health concerns about the links between consumption of …

Reaching the healthy people goals for reducing childhood obesity: closing the energy gap

YC Wang, CT Orleans, SL Gortmaker - American journal of preventive …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The federal government has set measurable goals for reducing childhood
obesity to 5% by 2010 (Healthy People 2010), and 10% lower than 2005–2008 levels by …

[PDF][PDF] Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003–2006

SL Gortmaker, R Lee, AL Cradock… - Medicine & Science …, 2012 - hsph.harvard.edu
ABSTRACT GORTMAKER, SL, R. LEE, AL CRADOCK, AM SOBOL, DT DUNCAN, and YC
WANG. Disparities in Youth Physical Activity in the United States: 2003–2006. Med. Sci …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of an after-school intervention on increases in children's physical activity

SL Gortmaker, RM Lee, RS Mozaffarian… - Medicine & Science …, 2012 - hsph.harvard.edu
ABSTRACT GORTMAKER, SL, RM LEE, RS MOZAFFARIAN, AM SOBOL, TF NELSON, BA
ROTH, and JL WIECHA. Effect of an After-School Intervention on Increases in Children's …

A recess intervention to promote moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity

CA Howe, PS Freedson, S Alhassan… - Pediatric …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Schools provide a prime environment for interventions that attempt to increase
physical activity and prevent obesity. Objective This study examined the effect of a 30‐min …

[HTML][HTML] Body mass index (BMI) trajectories from birth to 11.5 years: relation to early life food intake

FL Garden, GB Marks, JM Simpson, KL Webb - Nutrients, 2012 - mdpi.com
Recent research has shown that the pattern of change over time, or trajectory, of body mass
index (BMI) varies among children. However, the factors that underlie the heterogeneity in …

Weight loss strategies for adolescents: a 14-year-old struggling to lose weight

DS Ludwig - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
With prevalence approaching 20% in the United States, adolescent obesity has become a
common problem for patients, parents, and clinicians. Obese adolescents may experience …

Effect of sugar-sweetened beverages on body weight in children: design and baseline characteristics of the Double-blind, Randomized INtervention study in Kids

JC de Ruyter, MR Olthof, LDJ Kuijper… - Contemporary clinical …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with overweight in
observational studies. A possible explanation is that liquid sugars do not satiate and that …