Childhood Obesity Nutrition and Lifestyle Determinants, Prevention and Management

• Other Authors: Androutsos, Odysseas (Editor), Charmandari, Evangelia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Food & society; adipose tissue; obesity; children; adolescence; development; eating disorders; adolescents; prevention programs; systematic review; adolescent; adiposity indicators; discriminatory capability; metabolic syndrome; principal component analysis; risk screening tool; Taiwan; COVID-19; lifestyle; determinants; diet; physical activity; sedentary behavior; COV-EAT; parents; dietary intake; feeding practices; family meals; breakfast; snacking habits; gestational diabetes mellitus; pregnancy; study protocol; randomised controlled trial; large for gestational age; complex intervention; calorie restriction; maternal weight gain; childhood obesity; adiposity; type 2 diabetes; prevention; complementary feeding; solid food; breastfeeding; overweight; weight management; body composition; resting energy expenditure; age; leptin; pandemic; lockdown; exercise; sport; mood; quality of life; parental feeding practices; genetic susceptibility to obesity; eating behavior; birth cohort; sugar-sweetened beverage; school-based; intervention; ecological model; difference in difference approach; preschoolers; nutrition literacy; nutrition education; self-efficacy; teachers; vascular function; aerobic training; L-Citrulline; L-Arginine; nitric oxide
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The prevalence of overweight and obesity has significantly increased over the past few decades and is linked to metabolic diseases across the lifespan. Its etiology has been attributed to a large number of sociodemographic, behavioral (e.g. unhealthy nutrition, low levels of physical activity), perinatal, and clinical risk factors, which are active already from childhood and adolescence. Still, their exact role, interplay, and mechanisms implicated in this process remain unclear. The trends of childhood obesity call for actions regarding the prevention and management of this disease early in life. The Special Issue "Childhood Obesity: Nutrition and Lifestyle Determinants, Prevention and Management" aims to host original articles, systematic reviews or meta- analyses that will advance the current knowledge on the role of health behaviors, especially of nutrition, on the development of overweight or obesity in childhood and adolescence, provide valuable information about the nutritional habits of overweight/obese children and adolescents, and describe novel approaches via lifestyle modification for the prevention or management of obesity in youth.