Parents play a critical role in develo** and sha** their children's physical activity (PA)
and sedentary behaviours, particularly in the early years of life. The aim of this systematic …

Obesity and its associated comorbidities have emerged as a major health problem
garnering interests from both public health agencies and mainstream media consumers …

The prevalence of obesity in the United States remains dangerously high, at nearly 10%
among infants and toddlers, 17% of children and teens, and more than 30% of adults1, 2 …

Mobile touch screen device (MTSDs) use is becoming widespread in children and has
negative and positive consequences. Yet, factors associated with greater use remain …

With recommendations to include parents as targets for childhood obesity interventions,
there is a need to review the relationship of general parenting influences on childhood …

Despite emerging efforts to investigate the influence parents have on their children's weight
status and related dietary and activity behaviors, reviews regarding the role of general …

Aspects of positive parenting have previously been linked to better offspring health and well-
being,, though often, individual outcomes have been examined separately. Examining …

Obesity may be thought of as a body weight that conveys significant risk for adverse health
outcomes. In children, obesity is defined as a BMI at or above the 95th percentile for age and …

Background Maternal feeding practices have been proposed to play an important role in
early child weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors. However, to date longitudinal …

Objective To examine the genetic and environmental influences on variances in weight,
height, and BMI, from birth through 19 years of age, in boys and girls from three continents …