Overweight
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents.

19 Oct 2009 The authors assessed individual, social, and school correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors (physical inactivity, sedentary behavior, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and high body mass index) in a representative sample of ... Read more...

The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review.

29 Sep 2009 This report presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity programs to promote healthy weight among employees. These results form the basis for the recommendation by the Task Force on ... Read more...

The built environment and physical activity levels: the Harvard Alumni Health Study.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Physical activity is associated with better health, but many individuals are insufficiently active. Modifying the built environment may be an approach capable of influencing population-wide levels of physical activity, but few data exist ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Overweight'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• Thighs and heart disease. Exercise, muscle mass, and insulin sensitivity. 19 Oct 2009
• [Obesity and health risk--what shall we measure?] 17 Oct 2009
• Video games: play or "playlike activity"? 29 Sep 2009
• Opportunities and challenges in behavioral informatics observations on the Pounds Off Digitally study. 29 Sep 2009
• A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. 29 Sep 2009
• The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review. 29 Sep 2009
• The built environment and physical activity levels: the Harvard Alumni Health Study. 29 Sep 2009
• Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention. 29 Sep 2009
• Pounds Off Digitally study: a randomized podcasting weight-loss intervention. 29 Sep 2009
• The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Food insecurity is associated with overweight in children younger than 5 years of age. 29 Sep 2009
• The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• Early Origins of polycystic ovary syndrome: hypotheses may change without notice. 29 Sep 2009
• Short-term outcomes for obese live kidney donors and their recipients. 13 Sep 2009
• Effect of habitual aerobic exercise on body weight and arterial function in overweight and obese men. 13 Sep 2009
• [Skin manifestations, treatment and rehabilitation in overweight and obesity] 11 Sep 2009
• Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial. Sep 2009
• Pre-pregnancy overweight status between successive pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: a test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Overweight'

Definition: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".

Descriptor UI: D050177

Alternative terms: Overweight;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.144.699; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699; G07.100.100.160.120.699;

History Note: 2006