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Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is the presence of excess body fat in children and adolescents, typically defined using age- and sex-specific body mass index thresholds, and it is recognized as a major public-health concern. Because it can persist into adulthood and is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiov…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 11 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 45× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Childhood obesity is the presence of excess body fat in children and adolescents, typically defined using age- and sex-specific body mass index thresholds, and it is recognized as a major public-health concern. Because it can persist into adulthood and is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions, as well as psychosocial consequences, childhood obesity has long-term implications for health and well-being. It arises from a complex interaction of dietary patterns, physical activity, family and socioeconomic circumstances, the food environment, and genetic and metabolic factors, which is why prevention and management often combine individual, family, school, and community approaches. Research in this area addresses both the determinants of childhood obesity and strategies for prevention and treatment. The journal's articles include work on barriers to managing childhood obesity in primary care amid the double burden of malnutrition, barriers to physical activity and healthy eating perceived by low-income parents, and regulation of foods offered to schoolchildren. Additional studies examine nutrition education and breakfast interventions affecting body mass index, dietary approaches in overweight patients, epigenetics and nutrition, cultural and behavioral approaches to managing overweight, central-obesity indicators and metabolic risk in adolescents, and blood-pressure relationships with BMI percentiles, reflecting the multifactorial nature of obesity in young people.

Research published in this journal

11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Kenneth LundstromCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603

How this research is being cited

The 11 articles above have been cited 45 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Childhood Obesity, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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