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 …

Purpose While the prevalence of children on vegetarian diets is assumed to be on the rise in
industrialized countries, there are hardly any representative data available. In general …

Background The dynamics of body-mass index (BMI) in children from birth to adolescence
are unclear, and whether susceptibility for the development of sustained obesity occurs at a …

Background By 2020, it is predicted that 60 million children worldwide will be overweight.
Maternal smoking in pregnancy has been suggested as a contributing factor. Our objective …

BACKGROUND Obesity among pregnant women is highly prevalent worldwide and is
associated in a linear manner with markedly increased risk of adverse outcome for mother …

Background Childhood obesity is a major problem in rich countries due to its high
prevalence and its harmful health consequences. An exploratory analysis conducted in the …

La obesidad es una pandemia mundial y los niños son un grupo vulnerable. En América se
estimó que en el año 2010 el 15, 2% de los menores 18 años la podría sufrir. La obesidad …

Los estilos de vida han sido estudiados por varias disciplinas como la sociología, la
antropología y la epidemiología. El origen del término y los mayores desarrollos …

As the prevalence of obesity has increased over the past few decades in the United States
among adults and pregnant women, so has the proportion of children who are obese. 1 …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and describe on a national basis the management
and outcomes of extreme obesity (body mass index [BMI] 50 kg/m 2 or higher) in pregnancy …