Relationship between Exclusive Breastfeeding and Childhood Obesity among Under-five Children in Ibadan North and Ido Local Government Areas, Oyo State; Nigeria

Compared to healthy weight children, overweight school-age children consumed significantly higher while overweight adolescents consumed significantly lower proportions of total

The study involved a study group of 49 overweight and obese children (BMI greater than the 85 th percentile and 95 th percentile respectively) between the ages of 6 and 11 years

The main findings of our study were that overweight and obese children screened by IOTF cri- teria had consistently more adverse cardiovascular risk factors, including increased

In our study by deriving at the bone age index of both obese and overweight children and comparing them, we found that the trends of obesity affecting the bone age is

The study revealed accelerated skeletal maturity and dentition development in overweight and obese children and adolescents in comparison with the normal weight

Taste perception and dental caries in relation to the different BMI groups (underweight, normal, overweight, and obese) are shown in Tables 2 and 3.. No statistically

Conclusions: School age children presenting to ED are more at risk of excess body weight than adolescents and are at higher fracture risk if obese and overweight.. This has

Although there was no statistically significant difference in maternal perception between the two groups of children, there was a higher proportion of parents of overweight