Abstract Purpose of Review The global epidemic of youth-onset obesity is tightly linked to
the rising burden of cardiometabolic disease across the lifespan. While the link between …

Rare genetic variants such as POMC, LEPR, and PCSK1 deficiency disrupt MC4R pathway
signaling, resulting in severe early-onset obesity, hyperphagia, and increased risk for …

Background Over the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA
has resulted in a significant health and economic burden. Understanding current trends and …

Childhood obesity, defined as an age-adjusted and sex-adjusted body-mass index (BMI; the
weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) in the 95th percentile or …

Childhood Obesity Prevention — Focusing on Population-Level Interventions and Equity | New
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Background Childhood obesity is a global public health issue, and the status of clinical
practice guidelines (CPGs) as instruction manuals for the management of childhood obesity …

Abstract Purpose of Review Public health interventions that intervene on macrolevel
systems hold the promise of reducing childhood obesity at the population level through …

OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence and trends in severe obesity among 16.6 million
children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for …

Using the positive deviance approach, the purpose of this study was to identify parent
feeding practices that might be protective against early childhood obesity among children …

In younger generations, excess weight has reached very alarming levels. Excess weight in
adults is associated with increased mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular disease …