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Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study

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  • Ellen Haug
  • Mette Rasmussen
  • Oddrun Samdal
  • Ron Iannotti
  • Colette Kelly
  • Alberto Borraccino
  • Carine Vereecken
  • Ole Melkevik
  • Giacomo Lazzeri
  • Mariano Giacchi
  • Oya Ercan
  • Pernille Due
  • Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
  • Candace Currie
  • Antony Morgan
  • Namanjeet Ahluwalia

Abstract

Overweight prevalence in youth remained high across the countries examined. The primary factors linked to overweight were breakfast consumption and physical activity. These data should contribute to formulating preventive programs and policies. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

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  • Ellen Haug & Mette Rasmussen & Oddrun Samdal & Ron Iannotti & Colette Kelly & Alberto Borraccino & Carine Vereecken & Ole Melkevik & Giacomo Lazzeri & Mariano Giacchi & Oya Ercan & Pernille Due & Ulri, 2009. "Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 54(2), pages 167-179, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:54:y:2009:i:2:p:167-179
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5408-6
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    1. Meng Wang & Jie-Ming Zhong & Hao Wang & Ming Zhao & Wei-Wei Gong & Jin Pan & Fang-Rong Fei & Hai-Bin Wu & Min Yu, 2016. "Breakfast Consumption and Its Associations with Health-Related Behaviors among School-Aged Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study in Zhejiang Province, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, July.
    2. Karl Peltzer & Supa Pengpid, 2011. "Overweight and Obesity and Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Ghana and Uganda," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-12, September.
    3. Jaroslava Kopcakova & Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska & Andrea Madarasova Geckova & Jitse P. Van Dijk & Sijmen A. Reijneveld, 2014. "Is Being a Boy and Feeling Fat a Barrier for Physical Activity? The Association between Body Image, Gender and Physical Activity among Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-10, October.
    4. Annette Quinto Romani, 2014. "Parental Socioeconomic Background and Child Behaviour," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 116(1), pages 295-306, March.
    5. Shengwei Wu & Zhengzheng Xuan & Fei Li & Wei Xiao & Xiuqiong Fu & Pingping Jiang & Jieyu Chen & Lei Xiang & Yanyan Liu & Xiaoli Nie & Ren Luo & Xiaomin Sun & Hiuyee Kwan & Xiaoshan Zhao, 2016. "Work-Recreation Balance, Health-Promoting Lifestyles and Suboptimal Health Status in Southern China: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-16, March.
    6. Supa Pengpid & Karl Peltzer, 2015. "Overweight and Obesity and Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Six Pacific Island Countries in Oceania," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-14, November.
    7. Zuzana Veselska & Andrea Madarasova Geckova & Sijmen Reijneveld & Jitse Dijk, 2011. "Aspects of self differ among physically active and inactive youths," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 56(3), pages 311-318, June.
    8. George Antonogeorgos & Demosthenes Panagiotakos & Dimitra Grigoropoulou & Anastasios Papadimitriou & Michael Anthracopoulos & Polyxeni Nicolaidou & Kostas Priftis, 2013. "The mediating effect of parents’ educational status on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and childhood obesity: the PANACEA study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 58(3), pages 401-408, June.
    9. Mette Rasmussen & Charlotte Meilstrup & Pernille Bendtsen & Trine Pedersen & Line Nielsen & Katrine Madsen & Bjørn Holstein, 2015. "Perceived problems with computer gaming and Internet use are associated with poorer social relations in adolescence," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(2), pages 179-188, February.

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