Obesity continues to be a major problem for global public health, affecting not only adults, but increasingly also adolescents and even young children...
Growth as an indicator of health is more sensitive than commonly believed and can serve as an early sign of imbalance, before other malfunctions...
Obesity is an epidemic problem not limited to Western society, but also in emerging industrial nations with large populations, especially in Asia. The...
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Despite the fact that the prevalence of obesity in early childhood has been stable and is no longer increasing in many developed and industrialized...
It is a well-known fact that children's growth depends on the quality of their nutrition. However, the mechanisms of fetal and child growth and their...
The development of effective preventive and therapeutic measures to control eating and body weight involves basic physiology as well as cognitive and...
Nowadays, adipose tissue is not only regarded as an organ of storage related to fuel metabolism but also as an endocrine organ involved in the...
This book aims to provide a comprehensive and clear review of the current knowledge of the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and...
Adequate nutrition is a crucial component for child growth. Under- or malnutrition may not only affect present and future growth, but also a child's...