Background Prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity has increased considerably in
recent years. The transition to higher rates of overweight/obesity has been well documented …

Childhood overweight and obesity have emerged as a public health concern in sub‐S
aharan A frica. We conducted a systematic review with the aim to examine the association …

Background Childhood obesity and associated hypertension are major public health
concerns globally. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity and the …

Background Nutritional imbalance is an underlying cause of 2.6 million death annually and
a third of child's death globally. This study assessed and compared the nutritional status of …

The rise in childhood overweight and obesity in less developed countries and those with
transitional economies is widely recorded. In many cases, this increase in overweight is …

Background Many develo** countries are in a state of nutritional transition from prevalent
under-nutrition to the emergent problem of over-nutrition (overweight and obesity), which is …

Obesity is increasingly a major health problem in parts of the develo** world. It has
reached epidemic proportions among Africans living in the Western Hemisphere; similar …

O estudo analisou o impacto de fatores sociodemográficos e comportamentais na
prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em amostra representativa de escolares de Montes …

Obesity is on the rise in develo** countries, especially in urban areas. In this study, a
cross-sectional study was conducted in two divisions in Nairobi province to determine the …

Background Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles are known to predispose to
overweight and obesity. These lifestyles are also known to track from childhood into …