Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity are a global health concern. This is
an integrative overview of six Cochrane systematic reviews, providing an up-to-date …

Childhood obesity is associated with increased medical and psychosocial consequences
and mortality and effective interventions are urgently needed. Effective interventions are …

Background Effective broad-reach interventions to reduce childhood obesity are needed, but
there is currently little consensus on the most effective approach. Parental involvement in …

Parents substantially influence children's diet and physical activity behaviors, which
consequently impact childhood obesity risk. Given this influence of parents, the objective of …

Background Childhood obesity is a public health concern. One-third of North American
children and youth are overweight or obese. We reviewed the evidence of behavioural and …

Objective To examine the association between an overall maternal healthy lifestyle
(characterized by a healthy body mass index, high quality diet, regular exercise, no smoking …

Objectives: The objective of the review was to synthesize the effectiveness and strategies
used in family-based behavioral childhood obesity interventions in improving child weight …

Background One-third of Canadian children are overweight or obese. This problem carries
considerable concern for negative impacts on current and future health. Promoting healthy …

Objective To assess whether maternal ultra-processed food intake during peripregnancy
and during the child rearing period is associated with offspring risk of overweight or obesity …

Targeting physical inactivity in children is pertinent to aiding in the decrease of childhood
obesity rates. Only 33% of adolescents are obtaining the recommended goal of at least 60 …