Background Overweight and obesity is a major public health concern that includes
associations with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors during …

Objectives To describe the association and its magnitude between body mass index
category, sex, and cardiovascular disease risk parameters in school aged children in highly …

This systematic review collated seventy-eight studies exploring waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)
and waist circumference (WC) or BMI as predictors of diabetes and CVD, published in …

Obesity is becoming a global epidemic in both children and adults. It is associated with
numerous comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes …

Students entering their first year of college are faced with many stresses and changes,
including changes in eating and exercise behavior. A common but often undocumented …

The aims of this study were:(1) to observe participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical
activity (MVPA) during school recess periods;(2) to determine the relative importance of …

The current environmental experience of young children includes few opportunities for
physical activity and an overabundance of high calorie foods. Sedentary lifestyles and poor …

Outdoor school environments are sites for play and physical activity for many children, and
shortcomings within these environments are considered significant factors that contribute to …

Objective: Although the obesity epidemic is progressing in European children too, there is
no consensus on the population‐specific prevalence of comorbidities or efficient diagnostic …

OBJECTIVE—We examined the independent relationships between objectively measured
physical activity and insulin resistance in Portuguese children. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …