Background Obesity-associated asthma has been proposed to be a distinct entity, differing
in immune pathogenesis from atopic asthma. Both obesity-mediated inflammation and …

Increasing children's physical activity at school is a national focus in the US to address
childhood obesity. While research has demonstrated associations between aspects of …

Objective: We set out to ascertain the relationship between insulin resistance, fitness, and
brain structure and function in adolescents. Design and methods: We studied 79 obese and …

Physical inactivity is a leading cause of death in the United States and globally and is also
associated with several additional leading causes of death, including obesity, high blood …

Engaging and empowering youth to promote health could be important in promoting
sustainable positive behaviors. Photovoice is a community-based participatory research tool …

Methods Randomly sampled elementary schools (N= 39) with classrooms trained in MTI in
spring 2010 participated in the evaluation. In each school, we observed 2 classrooms …

In this retrospective study of 319 children with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, we assessed whether age, asthma …

Abstract Background The United States needs to increase access to effective obesity
prevention and treatment programming for impoverished youth at risk for health disparities …

Purpose One-fifth to one-third of students in high poverty, urban school districts do not attend
school regularly (missing≥ 6 days/year). Fitness is shown to be associated with …

The rise in the rate of adolescent obesity has led to a concurrent rise in the rate of metabolic
syndrome (MetS) among young people. In addition to diabetes and cardiovascular disease …