Introducción: En los países desarrollados existen en la actualidad unos estándares de
belleza basados en modelos prodelgadez, que son interiorizados por los adolescentes y los …

Obesity now affects one in five children in the United States. Discrimination against
overweight children begins early in childhood and becomes progressively institutionalized …

Fully revised and updated, Body Image 4th Edition provides a comprehensive summary of
research on body image in men, women, and children drawing together research findings …

Despite the poor prognosis of dieting in obesity management, which often results in
repeated attempts at weight loss and hence weight cycling, the prevalence of dieting has …

This report reviews the risks and consequences associated with childhood and adolescent
obesity. Although no consensus definition of childhood obesity exists, the various measures …

Media, from television to the “new media”(including cell phones, iPads, and social media),
are a dominant force in children's lives. Although television is still the predominant medium …

A pictorial instrument was developed to examine perceptions of body figure in a cross‐
sectional survey of 1118 preadolescent children. Hypothesis testing related to differences in …

An expert committee was convened to determine specific criteria for overweight to be
integrated into routine preventive screening of adolescents. Body mass index (BMI) should …

When children and adolescents are the target population in dietary surveys many different
respondent and observer considerations surface. The cognitive abilities required to self …

We report 10-year treatment outcomes for obese children in 4 randomized treatment studies.
At 10 years, 34% decreased percentage overweight by 20% or more, and 30% were not …