Maternal lifestyle during pregnancy, as well as early nutrition and the environment infants
are raised in, are considered relevant factors for the prevention of childhood obesity. Several …

Over the last three decades, the prevalence of obesity has increased rapidly in populations
around the world. Despite a wealth of research, the relative contributions of the different …

Excess weight gained during the early years and, in particular, rapid weight gain in the first 2
years of life, are a major risk factors for adult obesity. The growing consensus is that …

Several studies have found an association between eating behaviours and weight status
and obesity risk in childhood. Children's eating behaviours arise from a combination of …

Context Observational studies indicated obesity and glutamatergic dysfunction as potential
risk factors of depression, and reported disturbance of glutamine metabolism in obese state …

Background Childhood obesity is a complex multifaceted condition, which is influenced by
genetics, environmental factors, and their interaction. However, these interactions have …

Childhood obesity has reached alarming proportions in many countries. There is consensus
that both biological (especially genetic) and environmental (including psychosocial) factors …

Obesity is one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century, already affecting close to
700 million people worldwide, debilitating and shortening lives and costing billions of …

The past decades have seen a rapid global rise in the incidence of type 2 diabetes. This
surge has been driven by diabetogenic environmental changes that may act together with a …

Multimodal neuroimaging assessments were utilized to identify generalizable brain
correlates of current body mass index (BMI) and predictors of pathological weight gain (ie …