Obesity Research Grants - Obesity Treatment Foundation.
The Hawaii Initiative for Childhood Obesity Research and Education (HICORE) provides collaborative and multi-disciplinary leadership in research and education on childhood obesity, physical activity and nutrition in Hawaii. The Initiative is based at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and is the collaborative effort of academic and community.
Overweight and Obesity in Children: A Review of the Literature 9 those with a BMI greater than or equal to the 91st percentile. SIGN (2003) acknowledge that this contrasts with the international consensus used for research purposes, which defines obesity as the 95th percentile or above, and overweight as the 85th percentile or above. They.
We reviewed the funding allocated to obesity interventions focusing on children from four major funding bodies: the NHMRC, Australian Research Council, Diabetes Australia Research Trust and National Heart Foundation on behalf of the Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (ACAORN), a collaboration of Australia's key child.
Obesity is a global healthcare and economic burden with currently more than 650 million adults classified as obese (WHO, 2017). Obesity is a common precursor to type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and both are risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease.
National Obesity Observatory (2012). Slideset. Prevalence of obesity among children; Stamatakis E, Zaninotto P, Falaschetti E, Mindell J, Head J (2010). Research paper. Time trends in childhood and adolescent obesity in England from 1995-2007 and projections of prevalence to 2015. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol 64: pp 167-174.
Synopsis This book addresses the ever increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents, the long-term health and social problems that arise from this, and approaches to prevention and management. Aimed at doctors, and all health-care professionals, it will be of interest to all those.
Pediatric Research publishes original translational research papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies and treatment of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from basic science to epidemiology and quality improvement.