European journal of public health
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Eur J Public Health · Apr 2014
Trends of overweight and obesity, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Czech schoolchildren: HBSC study.
The decline of physical activity (PA) and the increased prevalence of overweight and obese children have been discussed worldwide. This study assessed the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, PA and sedentary behaviour in Czech school-aged children. ⋯ An increasing percentage of obese or overweight children, increased sedentary time and a decline or stagnation of the proportion of children meeting recommendations for PA were found among Czech schoolchildren. Future research should evaluate PA recommendations with respect to gender, age and effective intervention approach to reduce the obesity incidence in childhood.
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Eur J Public Health · Apr 2014
LetterRisk of child obesity from parental obesity: analysis of repeat national cross-sectional surveys.
To estimate the potential to reduce childhood obesity through targeted interventions of overweight households. ⋯ Family-based interventions for obesity would be most efficiently targeted at obese children whose parents are morbidly obese.