Optimal health and development from preconception to adulthood are crucial for human
flourishing and the formation of human capital. The Nurturing Care Framework, as adapted …

NAFLD has become a major public health problem for more than 2 decades with a growing
prevalence in parallel with the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The disease …

Aims We aimed to conduct a systematic review of published studies on the incidence of type
2 diabetes in children and adolescents aged under 20 years and provide worldwide …

The usual way of thinking about growth in late adolescence is as the endpoint of earlier
investments in younger children, with the belief that all will be right as long as early growth is …

Background To plan social and health services, future life expectancy projections are
needed. The aim of this study was to forecast the future life expectancy for mainland China …

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

Adolescence represents a vulnerable phase of life for psychological health. The practice of
physical activity (PA) appears to have a positive influence on adolescents, increasing self …

Background Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk
factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the …

The practice of using race or ethnicity in medicine to explain differences between individuals
is being called into question because it may contribute to biased medical care and research …

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and
severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of …