Abstract This Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Position Paper reports current evidence on
pediatric overweight and obesity prevention interventions and discusses implications for …

The environments of children influence their risk for childhood obesity through, among other
factors, a child's weight‐related behaviors (ie, diet and physical activity). In this article, we …

Purpose Childhood obesity is a global epidemic and a chronic disease. Multifactorial
determinants have long been linked with childhood obesity. These have been challenged …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is experiencing an increasing prevalence of young children being
overweight and obese. Many feeding and physical activity-related behaviours are …

Self-regulation is a critical emergent developmental competency that lays the foundation for
children's later psychosocial health and academic achievement. Recent work indicates that …

Family is the most fundamental and proximal context for children, and children's eating
behavior occurs mostly in the home or together with family members. With this study, we …

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
nutritional patterns, eating behavior, dietary content, and health-related quality of life …

Background Glomerular hyperfiltration, initiating development of obesity-related
glomerulopathy, results in an enlargement of the glomeruli and unsealing of the filtration …

Introduction: Less is known about the effects of the different domains of sedentary behaviors
on healthy weight in young children. This cross-sectional study examined the association …

Background The transition from childhood to adolescence is characterized by enhanced
neural plasticity and a consequent susceptibility to both beneficial and adverse aspects of …