ArticleAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2011
Childhood obesity: are we all speaking the same language?
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Obesity and oral health in Mexican children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of obesity treatment interventions in preschool children aged 2-6 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Association between food insecurity and key metabolic risk factors for diet-sensitive non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for obesity among schoolchildren: A systematic review and meta-analyses.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Hispanic Youth: A Systematic Review of Lifestyle Interventions.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- The impact of avocado intake on anthropometric measures among Hispanic/Latino children and adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2023Trial
- Follow-up of a healthy lifestyle education program (the EdAl study): four years after cessation of randomized controlled trial intervention.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Impact of maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain on offspring's weight and BMI z-scores across the first 8 years of life.Clinical obesity · 2025Article
- Discrepancies Between Recommendations in Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Adolescents and Adults: An Evidence Map.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Influence of Home Language Use on the Association Between Parent Education and Child Adiposity in Latino Families.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Neighborhood Opportunity and Obesity in Early Adolescence: Differential Associations by Sex.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Association Between Early-Life Exposure to Antibiotics and Development of Child Obesity: Population-Based Study in Italy.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Effect of postpartum depression and role of infant feeding practices on relative weight of child at 1 and 3 years of age.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Do current pregnancy weight gain guidelines balance risks of adverse maternal and child health in a United States cohort?The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Growth hormone treatment in children with Prader-Willi syndrome: safety and effectiveness data from the PATRO Children study.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Adolescent sources of stress, stress levels, and associations between stress and changes in weight outcomes at the time of COVID-19 related school closure in March 2020.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- High 1-h glucose in youths with obesity as marker of prediabetes and cardiovascular risk.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- A Review of the Role of Built Environment and Temperature in the Development of Childhood Obesity.Cureus · 2023Review
- Association between maternal and paternal employment and their children's weight status and unhealthy behaviours: does it matter who the working parent is?BMC public health · 2022Article
- Protein intake in children and growth and risk of overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Food & nutrition research · 2022Review
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Abstract
Terminology and measures used in studies of weight and adiposity in children can be complex and confusing. Differences arise in metrics, terminology, reference values, and reference levels. Most studies depend on body mass index (BMI) calculated from weight and height, rather than on more direct measures of body fatness. Definitions of overweight and obesity are generally statistical rather than risk-based and use a variety of different reference data sets for BMI. As a result, different definitions often do not give the same results. A basic problem is the lack of strong evidence for any one particular definition. Rather than formulate the question as being one of how to define obesity, it might be useful to consider what BMI cut-points best predict future health risks and how efficiently to screen for such risks. The answers may be different for different populations. In addition, rather than depending solely on BMI to make screening decisions, it is likely to be useful to also consider other factors, including not only race-ethnicity, sex and age, but also factors such as family history. Despite their limitations, BMI-based definitions of overweight and obesity provide working practical definitions that are valuable for general public health surveillance and screening.
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