[PDF][PDF] Obesity: definition, comorbidities, causes, and burden

CM Apovian - Am J Manag Care, 2016 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
Body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher is used to identify individuals with obesity. In the last
3 decades, the worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased 27.5% for adults and 47.1 …

Exploring the association between childhood and adolescent obesity and depression: a meta‐analysis

YH Quek, WWS Tam, MWB Zhang, RCM Ho - Obesity reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This meta‐analysis aimed to evaluate the association between childhood and adolescent
obesity and depression. We systematically searched PubMed, PsycInfo, EMBASE and …

Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

A Martin, JN Booth, Y Laird, J Sproule… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The global prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is high. Lifestyle
changes towards a healthy diet, increased physical activity and reduced sedentary activities …

Socioeconomic status, BMI, and brain development in children

E Dennis, P Manza, ND Volkow - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood is associated with deficits in executive
function and changes in cortical morphology. Furthermore, rates of childhood obesity are …

Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A Swedish prospective cohort study

L Lindberg, P Danielsson, M Persson, C Marcus… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Pediatric obesity is associated with increased risk of premature death from
middle age onward, but whether the risk is already increased in young adulthood is unclear …

A review of research on bullying and peer victimization in school: An ecological system analysis

JS Hong, DL Espelage - Aggression and violent behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
Bullying and peer victimization in school are serious concerns for students, parents,
teachers, and school officials in the US and around the world. This article reviews risk factors …

Stigma-based bullying interventions: A systematic review

VA Earnshaw, SL Reisner, DD Menino, VP Poteat… - Developmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Youth living with socially devalued characteristics (eg, minority sexual orientation, race,
and/or ethnicity; disability; obesity) experience frequent bullying. This stigma-based bullying …

Cyberbullying

R Kowalski - The Routledge international handbook of human …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Cyberbullying victims fear that parents or other authority figures will remove their technology,
the means by which victimisation is occurring. To understand the importance of studying …

What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice

SM Swearer, DL Espelage… - Educational …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, the authors review research on individual, peer, and school contributions that
may be critical factors for enhancing efforts to address bullying among students …

Bias, discrimination and obesity

R Puhl, KD Brownell - Health and Human Rights in a …, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
It has been said that obese persons are the last acceptable targets of discrimination. 1–4
Anecdotes abound about overweight individuals being ridiculed by teachers, physicians …