All articles: Obesity
Over the last decades, childhood obesity has been a crucial public health threat worldwide. In the meantime, insufficient sleep has become commonplace among children. A large body of research indicates that sleep duration is linked to children’s weight status. Thus, the aim of the present work was to review the current evidence regarding the potential underlying mechanisms (i.e. biological and behavioural)
involved in the association between sleep duration and childhood obesity.
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Obesity is a disease that predisposes to other chronic non-communicable diseases and has reached alarming epidemic rates in recent decades, posing a threat to public health. In this context, many eating habits and lifestyle behaviors are evaluated for their association with obesity. This review aims to investigate the relationship between carbohydrate consumption and body weight, in the light of family environment, that influence children's dietary preferences.
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To search dietary behaviors associated with weight loss maintenance or little, long- term weight gain.
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Purpose: The aim of the present review is to collect all the existing nutritional and diet indexes which have been associated with anthropometric measurements and obesity in studies with children and adolescents.
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Since breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day, it has been studied for many years. However, due
to the fact that there is not a precise definition for this meal, it is difficult to make conclusions by current literature.
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in the municipality of Dion, Pierias, Greece.
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Objective: To investigate the long-term effects of the daily consumption of isoenergetic quantities of fresh banana,
banana juice or water, as snacks, on energy intake and body weight in healthy women.
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Behavioral modification in the context of obesity treatment refers not to a single intervention scheme, but rather to a set of principles, which can be combined with other therapeutic approaches.
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