Pediatric overweight is an especially severe problem because its childhood onset increases the overall length of exposure to the detrimental effects of overweight, accelerates the onset of chronic disease, and affects children's physical, psychological, and social development. Several parental traits have been shown to be associated with an increased risk for childhood overweight. In our study, entitled "Determinants of the Prevalence and Intervention to Prevent of Child Obesity," we quantified the mutual effects of environmental, parental education and income on the risk of obesity in a...
Pediatric overweight is an especially severe problem because its childhood onset increases the overall length of exposure to the detrimental effects o...