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The relation between overweight and obesity in preschool children with socioeconomic level and environment of Chilean districts: An ecological study
(Medwave Estudios, 2020)
Objective To analyze the association between the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children younger than six years of age cared for in the primary healthcare setting with socioeconomic level and environment of Chilean ...
Epidemiología del sobrepeso y obesidad infanto-juvenil en las comunas de Concepción, Coronel y Hualpén, VIII Región de Chile
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2010)
Geographic differences in overweight and obesity prevalence in Peruvian children, 2010-2015
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is emerging as a major public health problem worldwide. To date, most studies of obesity and overweight in Peru are focused on adults, with few of them involving children, a population at a ...
Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru
(BiomedCentral, 2016)
Background: Rapid postnatal weight gain is associated with risk of overweight and obesity, but it’s unclear whether this holds in populations exposed to concurrent obesogenic risk factors and for children who have been ...
Postural control in children with overweight and obesity: A review of literature
(Universidad del Norte, 2020)
Overweight and childhood obesity have become a global health problem. As the incidence and severity of overweight and obesity in children continue to rise, determining the physio-logical effects and functional consequences ...
Association between Maternal Depressive Symptoms with Overweight/Obesity among Children Aged 0-5 Years According to the 2016 Demographic and Family Health Survey
(Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2020-07-01)
Background: Overweight and obesity among children under the age of 5 have become a public health problem. The worldwide prevalence is 4.9% and 6.0%, whereas in Peru it is 7.4% and 1.9%, respectively. The causes of these ...
Timing of school meals as a predisposing factor for childhood overweight and obesity
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
Aims: Childhood obesity is emerging as a relevant public health concern because a significant proportion of obese children will become obese in adulthood. The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has increased ...
Wealth index and risk of childhood overweight and obesity: evidence from four prospective cohorts in Peru and Vietnam
(Frontiers Media, 2015)
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence and risk of childhood overweight and obesity according to socioeconomic status in Peruvian and Vietnamese school-aged children. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Young Lives study ...
Nutrition status of children in Latin America
(Wiley, 2017)
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors ...
Quantifying the childhood and adolescent overnutrition attributable to specific risk factors: The Young Lives Study in Peru.
(Wiley, 2023)
OBJECTIVE: Launching priority actions demand a comprehensive appraisal of the size effect that risk factors have on the burden of overweight and obesity. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of overweight and obesity ...