Discusses the increase in the risk of school-aged children carrying excess body fat for
developing chronic disease. Concerns over the problem of childhood obesity; Calls for …

Background Overweight is among the major challenging health risk factors. It has been
claimed that birth weight, being a critical indicator of prenatal developmental conditions, is …

The “fetal” or “early” origins of adult disease hypothesis was originally put forward by David
Barker and colleagues and stated that environmental factors, particularly nutrition, act in …

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors in childhood which might influence the development of
obesity in adulthood. BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity is increasing in the UK and …

Objective. To examine the influence of initial infant feeding on obesity in later life. Methods.
A systematic review of published studies investigating the association between infant …

Background: Breastfeeding presents clear short-term benefits for child health, mainly
protection against morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. On the other hand, there …

The worldwide epidemic of obesity continues unabated. Obesity is notoriously difficult to
treat, and, thus, prevention is critical. A new paradigm for prevention, which evolved from the …

Objective. Obesity increases risk of many adverse outcomes, but its early origins are
obscure. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) reflects a metabolically altered fetal …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of gestational
weight gain with child adiposity. STUDY DESIGN: Using multivariable regression, we …

At present, estimation of the prevalence and secular trends in paediatric obesity in Europe is
severely hampered by methodological problems in the definition of obesity and the paucity …