Background Childhood obesity remains a global public health priority due to the enormous
burden it generates. Recent surveillance data suggests there has been a sharp increase in …

Importance Unhealthful dietary patterns, low levels of physical activity, and high sedentary
time increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Objective To synthesize the evidence on …

Several studies describe the health of recently resettled refugee populations in the US
beyond the first 8 months after arrival. This review summarizes the results of these studies …

Lifestyle risk behaviors often co-occur and are prevalent among adolescents. Parent-based
interventions addressing risk behaviors concurrently have the potential to improve youth and …

Introduction Regular moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and high physical fitness are
extremely important to the health of children and track to positive health profiles in …

Abstract Context Diet quality indices (DQIs) were developed to score and rank adherence to
dietary patterns in observational studies, but their use to measure changes in diet quality in …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of two family interventions targeting
inactive children on their parents' MVPA. Correlates of MVPA across the trial in the form of …

Objective: To quantify the energy, nutrients-to-limit and total gram amount consumed and
identify their top food sources consumed by Latin Americans. Design: Data from the Latin …

Effective evidence-informed family-based nutrition interventions for childhood obesity
management are needed.(a) To assess the number and quality of published randomized …

Background Prevention of obesity in adolescents is an international public health priority.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is over 25% in North and South America …