Sökning: "childhood obesity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 103 avhandlingar innehållade orden childhood obesity.
1. Intervention for Childhood Obesity in Beijing, China
Sammanfattning : Childhood obesity appears to be increasing throughout the world. China has joined the global epidemic. Childhood obesity is not only a chronic disease which is associated with lifestyle, but also a public health problem in children. Obesity intervention should become a public health priority in China. LÄS MER
2. Parent-child feeding dynamics and childhood obesity : The importance of foreign background and effects of early obesity treatment
Sammanfattning : Childhood obesity is often characterised as a global epidemic. Yet, little progress has been made in addressing its increasing levels, especially among certain populations. LÄS MER
3. Stress and Obesity in Childhood
Sammanfattning : Childhood obesity is a serious health problem and prevalence increases dramatically around the world, including Sweden. The aim of the current thesis was to examine parents’ and children’s stress in relation to childhood obesity. LÄS MER
4. Nutrition and health in infancy and childhood : an epidemiological approach to the assessment of dietary habits, their determinants and implications
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to describe the distribution of feeding habits and dietary habits of Swedish children of different ages, to search for determinants of the observed distributions and to analyse some possible implications of those habits regarding health and growth. The present results emanate from a longitudinal study of feeding, growth and development of 312 infants and from a cross-sectional study on the dietary habits of 738 children aged 4,8 and 13 years. LÄS MER
5. Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Childhood Obesity : Contribution of Glucagon, GLP-1 and Inflammation
Sammanfattning : In the wake of increased obesity prevalence, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in childhood and adolescence is increasingly common. Given the negative impacts these conditions have on health over time, understanding the pathophysiology in those affected early in life is important. LÄS MER