Genetics of Childhood Obesity by Jianhua Zhao, Struan F. A. Grant

“…It is clear that a number of loci previously reported from GWAS analyses of adult BMI and/or obesity also play a role in childhood obesity.…”
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Children’s behaviour and childhood obesity by Aus Ali, Osamah Al-ani, Faisal Al-ani

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Biopsychosocial Factors Related to Childhood Obesity by Bei Chen, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández

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Interdisciplinary Aspects of Childhood Obesity and Physical Fitness by Jana Pařízková, Françoise Rovillé-Sausse, Denes Molnár

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Preventing Childhood Obesity through Physical Activity by Linda Bobroff

“…“Many parents are concerned about rising rates of childhood obesity. It’s important to keep a healthy perspective on the situation and not overreact with overly restrictive approaches that can do more harm than good. …”
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Preventing Childhood Obesity through Physical Activity by Linda Bobroff

“…“Many parents are concerned about rising rates of childhood obesity. It’s important to keep a healthy perspective on the situation and not overreact with overly restrictive approaches that can do more harm than good. …”
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Causes and Intervention Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Ambato by Carlos David Castañeda Guillot, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez, María Augusta Reyes Pérez

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> childhood obesity constitutes a Public Health problem of widespread concern today. …”
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Is Childhood Obesity Associated with Bone Density and Strength in Adulthood? by Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Pekka Kannus, Matti Pasanen, Harri Sievänen

“…Associations between childhood obesity and adult bone traits were assessed among 62 obese premenopausal women, of which 12 had been obese since childhood (ObC), and 50 had gained excess weight in adulthood (ObA). …”
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Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study by Knud Ryom, Paul Bloch, Ulla Toft, Didde Høeg, Louise T. Thomsen, Steven Allender, Harry Rutter, Adrian Bauman, Rikke Fredenslund Krølner, Anders Blædel Gottlieb Hansen

“…Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a preventable global public health challenge, increasingly recognized as a complex problem, stemming from complex drivers. …”
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Is Exergaming a Viable Tool in the Fight against Childhood Obesity? by Gary S. Goldfield, Jameason D. Cameron, Jean-Philippe Chaput

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A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity by Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Mario Gil, Jonathan A. L. Gelfond, Daniel E. Hale

“…To assess the feasibility of a parent mentor model of intervention for early childhood obesity using positive deviance-based methods to inform the intervention. …”
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Physiotherapy and related management for childhood obesity: A systematic scoping review. by Kim Truong, Sandra Park, Margarita D Tsiros, Nikki Milne

“…Such approaches are well suited to the scope of physiotherapists and their expertise in physical activity prescription for the management of childhood obesity. Future research should examine the effect of motor skill interventions and consider the role of environmental modification/parental involvement as factors contributing to intervention success.…”
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Systems Science and Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review and New Directions by Asheley Cockrell Skinner, E. Michael Foster

“…As a public health problem, childhood obesity operates at multiple levels, ranging from individual health behaviors to school and community characteristics to public policies. …”
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Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours by Ladan Hashemi, Maryam Ghasemi, Brooklyn Mellar, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn

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Dimensional Model for Estimating Factors influencing Childhood Obesity: Path Analysis Based Modeling by Maryam Kheirollahpour, Shamarina Shohaimi

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Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach by Gabriela Abigail Villanueva, Byron Alexander Foster

“…The data suggest that a parent mentor model of intervention for child obesity is an acceptable mode of approaching behavior change in the Hispanic population around childhood obesity with potential for scalability if proven effective.…”
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Multi-omics architecture of childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction uncovers biological pathways and prenatal determinants by Nikos Stratakis, Augusto Anguita-Ruiz, Lorenzo Fabbri, Léa Maitre, Juan R. González, Sandra Andrusaityte, Xavier Basagaña, Eva Borràs, Hector C. Keun, Lida Chatzi, David V. Conti, Jesse Goodrich, Regina Grazuleviciene, Line Småstuen Haug, Barbara Heude, Wen Lun Yuan, Rosemary McEachan, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Eduard Sabidó, Rémy Slama, Cathrine Thomsen, Jose Urquiza, Theano Roumeliotaki, Marina Vafeiadi, John Wright, Mariona Bustamante, Martine Vrijheid

“…Abstract Childhood obesity poses a significant public health challenge, yet the molecular intricacies underlying its pathobiology remain elusive. …”
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Systemic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Childhood Obesity: Sex Differences in Adiposity Indices and Cardiovascular Risk by Tjaša Hertiš Petek, Evgenija Homšak, Mateja Svetej, Nataša Marčun Varda

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“Culture Is So Interspersed”: Child-Minders’ and Health Workers’ Perceptions of Childhood Obesity in South Africa by Roger Figueroa, Jaclyn Saltzman, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Angela Wiley

“…Child-minders and health workers play a crucial role in obesity prevention efforts, but their perceptions of childhood obesity in low- and middle-income countries are poorly understood. …”
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Design of a Digital-Based, Multicomponent Nutrition Guidance System for Prevention of Early Childhood Obesity by Keriann H. Uesugi, Anne M. Dattilo, Maureen M. Black, Jose M. Saavedra

“…The multicomponent system consists of scientifically substantiated content, tools, and telephone-based professional support delivered in an anticipatory and sequential manner via the internet, email, and text messages, focusing on educational modules addressing the modifiable factors associated with childhood obesity. Digital delivery formats leverage consumer media trends and provide the opportunity for scale-up, unavailable to previous interventions reliant on resource heavy clinic and home-based counseling. …”
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