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 …

Obesity is a major public health problem affecting an important proportion of the Turkish
population. The prevalence of obesity has significantly increased among adult Turkish …

As a transitional society, rapid changes have occurred in the social, economic, nutritional
and lifestyle aspects of the Turkish population over the last three decades. As a result, the …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of eating frequency on body weight status in children
and adolescents. METHODS: In this meta-analysis, original observational studies published …

Objective: Obesity in childhood and adolescence is one of the most serious public health
problems due to a remarkable increase in prevalence in recent years and its close …

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in
school children in Eastern Turkey. Methods: This study included 9048 school children aged …

Introduction Studies evaluating effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa)
on weight and body-mass-index (BMI) in girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty …

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing dramatically all over the world. Very
little data are currently available on the prevalence of childhood obesity in Turkey, and more …

The objective of this review is to determine the distribution of obesity by geographical
location, income, age and sex in the Mediterranean region during the last decade. A meta …

Objective: Childhood obesity (OB) is an acknowledged global problem with increasing
prevalence reported around the world. We conducted this study with the aim of determining …