Category Archives: Children & Adolescence

Prospective associations of dietary insulin demand, glycemic index, and glycemic load during puberty with body composition in young adulthood : Author Interview

Prospective associations of dietary insulin demand, glycemic index, and glycemic load during puberty with body composition in young adulthood Dipl. oecotroph. Gesa Joslowski Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung Research Institute of Child Nutrition Heinstück 11 44225 Dortmund Germany What are the main findings of … Continue reading

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History matters: childhood weight trajectories as a basis for planning community-based obesity prevention to adolescents : Author Interview

History matters: childhood weight trajectories as a basis for planning community-based obesity prevention to adolescents Author Interview: Joakim Ekberg MSc Department of Medical and Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Linköping University SE-581 83 Linköping Sweden What are the main findings of … Continue reading

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Competitive food sales in schools and childhood obesity: Authors’ Interview

Competitive food sales in schools and childhood obesity: A longitudinal study.  Author Interview:  Jennifer Van Hook and Claire E. Altman Jennifer Van Hook Director, Population Research Institute Professor of Sociology & Demography 601 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 814-867-2276 … Continue reading

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Combating childhood obesity: a survey of laws affecting the built environments of low-income and minority children : R. Lindholm

Combating childhood obesity: a survey of laws affecting the built environments of low-income and minority children. Author Interview: Raymond Lindholm Georgia State University College of Law, Center for Health, Law, and Society Atlanta, GA 30303-3047, USA What are the main findings … Continue reading

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Hepatic Steatosis and Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes : Dr. Wittmeier

Hepatic Steatosis and Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes Author Interview: Kristy Wittmeier PT, MSc, PhD Physiotherapy Innovation & Best Practice Coordinator Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Background There is evidence that higher levels of … Continue reading

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Differences in dietary pattern between obese and eutrophic children : Authors’ Interview Balthazar & de Oliveira

Differences in dietary pattern between obese and eutrophic children Authors’ Interview: Emilia Alonso Balthazar PHD student of food and nutrition of UNESP-Fcfar, Araraquara, SP, Brazil Maria Rita M. de Oliveira Professor of Nutrition, Department of Education, UNESP – IBB, Botucatu, … Continue reading

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U.S. Children’s Preschool Weight Status Trajectories: Dr. Moss

U.S. Children’s Preschool Weight Status Trajectories: Patterns from 9-Month, 2-Year, and 4-Year Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort Data. Author Interview: Brian G. Moss, Ph.D. Wayne State University What are the main findings of the study? Using a nationally representative sample of … Continue reading

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TV Viewing, Computer Time & Weight in Children : Author Interview – E de Jong

Author Interview: Elske de Jong, MSc Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children Elske de Jong │ Researcher ChecKid Researchcentre for the Prevention of Overgeweight Zwolle (OPOZ) … Continue reading

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Childhood obesity — what are the health risks?

It is widely suspected that the current wave of obesity among children will result in greater rates of cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the next few decades. But a second systematic review of research into childhood obesity and metabolic disease … Continue reading

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Seeds of the obesity epidemic in babyhood

Boston, Mass. — The growth charts pediatricians use at well-baby visits can predict a baby’s risk for obesity later in life, finds a population-based study from Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. The study, funded by … Continue reading

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