Childhood Obesity

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Societ, August 2008 has a very informative series of papers on Behavioural nutrition and energy balance in the young. Obesity is increasing, 17 % of US children and adolescents exceed the 95th percentile for BMI(1), and other developed countries are facing similar problems. Childhood obesity has multiple causes, most of…

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Childhood Obesity

There is a growing literature on the metabolic effects of excess body fat during childhood. From the available data, it appears that dietary factors are not only important environmental determinants of adiposity, but also may affect components of the metabolic syndrome and modulate the actions of adipokines. Dietary total fat and saturated fat are associated…

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