Health care professionals tackling childhood obesity need more training and resources
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Health care professionals (HCPs) are feeling unable to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity due to a lack of training and...
Waist-to-height ratio significantly betters detection of obesity in children and adolescents
An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study...
England experiences fastest growth in childhood overweight/obesity
England experienced the fastest and highest growth in the prevalence of childhood obesity among 11–15-year-olds, rising from 30% in 1995...
Family-focused, weight-loss treatment successful in paediatric primary care setting
Family-based treatment for obesity conducted in the paediatrician’s office resulted in improved weight-loss outcomes for the treated...
Overweight boys risk infertility in adulthood
Overweight boys tend to have lower testicular volume, putting them at risk for infertility in adulthood, according to a German study that...
Childhood obesity associated with increased risk newly proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes
Childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes, according...
Childhood obesity intervention maybe doing more harm than good
Research from Queen Mary University of London, UK, has indicated that an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity - the first to...
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