Abstract Background Socioeconomic transformation in China at the beginning of the twenty-
first century has led to rapid urbanization and accelerated rural–urban migration. As a result …

Obesity is a major public health problem affecting an important proportion of the Turkish
population. The prevalence of obesity has significantly increased among adult Turkish …

As a transitional society, rapid changes have occurred in the social, economic, nutritional
and lifestyle aspects of the Turkish population over the last three decades. As a result, the …

Objective: Obesity in childhood and adolescence is one of the most serious public health
problems due to a remarkable increase in prevalence in recent years and its close …

Objectives. To estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in apparently healthy children
from five zones of India in the age group of 2 to 17 years and to examine trends in body …

Objectives Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a fatal endocrinopathy that begins with insulin
resistance (IR) and causes abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance, or systemic disorders …

Objective: To determine trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in
The Hague (the Netherlands) from 1999 through 2007. Design: Population-based study of a …

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in
school children in Eastern Turkey. Methods: This study included 9048 school children aged …

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing dramatically all over the world. Very
little data are currently available on the prevalence of childhood obesity in Turkey, and more …

Objectives The aim of the present study was to identify the prevalence and non‐nutritional
correlates of childhood obesity in primary school children and adolescents living in a …