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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysi...
Robinson, L; Roccaldo, R; Rodrigues, D; Rodriguez Perez, MdC; Rodríguez Villamizar, LA; Rodríguez, AY; Roggenbuck, U; Rohloff, P; Rohner, FBackground: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods: We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that...
Breakfast Cereals Intended for Children: Opportunities for Reformulation and Po...
Santos, M; Matias, F; Rito, AI; Castanheira, I; Torres, Duarte; Loureiro, I; Assuncao, RReady-to-eat cereals (RTECs) have become a popular breakfast option claiming to provide important nutrients to children's diets, despite being a source of excess sugar and, therefore, a health concern. Thus, food reformulation constitutes an important public health strategy that could benefit from inputs provided by nutrient profiling. This study aimed to assess the adequacy of the RTECs for children available ...
Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Sleep Duration of Children Aged 6-9 Years i...
Whiting, S; Buoncristiano, M; Gelius, P; Abu-Omar, K; Pattison, M; Hyska, J; Duleva, V; Musić Milanović, S; Zamrazilová, H; Hejgaard, T; Rasmussen, MBackground: Children are becoming less physically active as opportunities for safe active play, recreational activities, and active transport decrease. At the same time, sedentary screen-based activities both during school and leisure time are increasing. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate physical activity (PA), screen time, and sleep duration of girls and boys aged 6–9 years in Europe using data from th...
WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: body mass index and lev...
Wijnhoven, TA; van Raaij, J; Spinelli A, A; Starc, G; Hassapidou, M; Spiroski, I; Rutter, H; Martos, E; Rito, AI; et, al.Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) to monitor changes in overweight in primary-school children. The aims of this paper are to present the anthropometric results of COSI Round 2 (2009/2010) and to explore changes in body mass index (BMI) and overweight among children within and across nine countries from ...