Childhood Overweight and Obesity
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Children's Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 2372
Special Issue Editors
Interests: obesity; prevention; interventions; health policy; nutrition; metabolic syndrome; physical activity
Interests: obesity management; obesity prevention; population interventions; behavioral treatment; health promotion; obesity advocacy; obesity risk factors; eating behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious medical and public health challenges of the 21st century. The prevalence has increased at an alarming rate. Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age.
The WHO recognizes that the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity results from changes in society. Childhood obesity is mainly associated with unhealthy eating and low levels of physical activity; however, the problem is linked not only to children's behavior but also increasingly to social and economic development and policies in the areas of agriculture, transport, urban planning, the environment, food processing, distribution and marketing, and education.
At the individual level, precise, targeted methods of diagnosis and treatment are indispensable. On the collective level, it demands a population-based multisectoral, multidisciplinary and culturally relevant approach.
Despite the prevalence of the problem, much remains to be explored. The identification of risk factors, the development and optimization of new and existing treatments, and mechanisms to maintain the effect of reducing excess body weight are just some of the many areas that require further research.
Dr. Michał Brzeziński
Dr. Paulina Metelska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- obesity risk factors
- treatment
- obesity management
- obesity prevention
- population interventions
