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Causes of Childhood Obesity ... Obesity is present when total body weight is more than 25 percent fat in boys and more than 32 percent fat in girls (Lohman, 1987). Although childhood obesity is often defined as a weight-for-height in excess of 120 percent of the ideal, skinfold measures are more accurate determinants of...
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www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html
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Childhood obesity — a comprehensive look at screening, complications, treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. ... Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height.
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/DS00698
www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/DS00698
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Childhood Obesity on the Rise, an article in the June 2002 edition of The NIH Word on Health - Consumer Information Based on Research from the National Institutes of Health ... Childhood Obesity on the Rise by Carol Torgan, Ph.D.
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www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/jun2002/childhoodobesity....
www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/jun2002/childhoodobesity.htm
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Make a Difference at Your School: Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity outlines 10 evidence-based strategies for schools to implement in addressing childhood obesity.
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www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/obesity/
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/obesity/
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The page for The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity has been moved. ... Please click here.
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www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/index.htm
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/index.htm
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Childhood obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often bas...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity
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The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has risen dramatically in the past several decades. Although 25 to 30 percent of children are affected, this condition is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Hormonal and genetic factors are rarely the cause of childhood obesity;
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www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/861.html
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