The prevalence of obesity among children is high and is increasing. We know that obesity
runs in families, with children of obese parents at greater risk of develo** obesity than …

The imbalance between energy intake and expenditure is the main cause of excessive
overweight and obesity. Technically, obesity is defined as the abnormal accumulation of≥ …

Life Span Motor Development, Eighth Edition With HKPropel Access, is a leading text for
hel** students understand a person's movement abilities as the interaction of the …

Overweight and obesity are serious, large‐scale, global, public health concerns requiring
population‐based childhood overweight and obesity prevention. The overall objective of this …

The US Household Food Security Scale, developed with federal support for use in national
surveys, is an effective research tool. This study uses these new measures to examine …

Objective. To examine the role of physical activity, inactivity, and dietary patterns on annual
weight changes among preadolescents and adolescents, taking growth and development …

Eating takes place in a context of environmental stimuli known as ambience. Various
external factors such as social and physical surroundings, including the presence of other …

Objectives: The increase in consumption of sugar‐added beverages over recent decades
may be partly responsible for the obesity epidemic among US adolescents. Our aim was to …

OBJECTIVE. The role of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in promoting obesity is
controversial. Observational data link SSB consumption with excessive weight gain; …

Background: Dietary factors related to body weight and chronic disease risk are of interest
because of recent increases in the prevalence of overweight. Objective: Secular trends in …