Summary The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) routinely measures height
and weight of primary school children aged 6–9 years and calculates overweight and …

Summary In 2015–2017, the fourth round of the World Health Organization (WHO) European
Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was conducted in 36 countries. National …

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep are important predictors of children's health.
This paper aimed to investigate socioeconomic disparities in physical activity, sedentary …

Childhood overweight and obesity have significant short‐and long‐term negative impacts on
children's health and well‐being. These challenges are unequally distributed according to …

The CO‐CREATE project focuses on the need for research on obesity prevention in
adolescents to move away from studies of single interventions, toward the investigation of …

Background Socioeconomic differences in children's food habits are a key public health
concern. In order to inform policy makers, cross‐country surveillance studies of dietary …

Childhood obesity is a serious global health problem. Waist circumference (WC) and waist‐
to‐height ratio (WHtR) reflect body fat distribution in children. The objectives of this study …

To meet the need for regular and reliable data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity
among children in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood …

Worldwide, far too many children and adolescents are living with the disease of obesity.
Despite decades of public health initiatives, rates are still rising in many countries. This …

Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and high body mass index (BMI) are preventable risk
factors for non-communicable diseases throughout a person's lifespan. The higher …