Science news articles about 'adolescent obesity'

... Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial ... measured via VOP in 76 children and adolescents ages nine through 18. BMI is ...

... likelihood of them being overweight or obese. The study of 1,011 adolescents (aged 10-15) ... study out today on the relationship between food insecurity and adolescent obesity. Among 2,516 participants ...

... issues in estimating such effects while accounting for growth spurts and difficulties in defining adolescent obesity. Halliday and Kwak discuss policy implications of such findings for school-based ...

... June 9, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, adolescent obesity is associated with having less sleep. Reduction in sleep could be related to a higher ...

Adolescent obesity is associated with having less sleep. Reduction in sleep could be related to a higher caffeine intake, more hours of technology use and increased symptoms of sleep disorders (such ...

... estimated 129.6 million overweight or obese Americans (64 percent) with an increased risk ... Per-Oral Suturing as a Potential Treatment for Adolescent Obesity – A Pilot Investigation of 12 Patients ...

... clinically meaningful decreases in overweight and obesity in both children and adolescents compared with standard care ... olds are overweight and 2-3% are obese. Paediatric obesity rates now stand at 30 ...

... suicide by adolescent females could potentially add about $280 to $350 million to the costs of adolescent obesity, which includes the direct cost of illnesses and associated health care and indirect ...

... children may suffer greater consequences of secondhand smoke exposure. In both toddlers and adolescents, obesity enhances the cardiovascular toxicities of secondhand smoke exposure. Toddlers had a ...