Medical Journal Australia Childhood Obesity

Contemporary approaches to the prevention and …

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/209/6/contemporary-approaches-prevention-and-management-paediatric-obesity-australian

Investigations in children with obesity usually include liver function tests and measuring fasting glucose, lipid and possibly insulin levels. As obesity can be associated with micronutrient deficiencies, it may be prudent to check full blood count and iron, vitamin B12 and vitamin D levels. Endocrinological assessment is usually not needed.

Childhood obesity: smart leadership required - Medical …

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/childhood-obesity-smart-leadership-required

Published online: 2 September 2018. AUTHORS. CURBING obesity in Australia’s children is achievable and can be realised through a combination of smart …

Contemporary approaches to the prevention and …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5694/mja18.00140

Investigations in children with obesity usually include liver function tests and measuring fasting glucose, lipid and possibly insulin levels. As obesity can be associated with …

Australia's children - Australian Institute of Health and …

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/australias-children/contents/health/overweight-obesity

Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02318.x

Recent reports have suggested that the problem of childhood and adolescent obesity has been exaggerated in Australia, and that community-wide obesity prevention …

Obesity Effects On Child Health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570613/

Introduction. Obesity in childhood is the most challenging public health issue in the twenty-first century. It has emerged as a pandemic health problem worldwide. The children …

Where to from here for Australian childhood obesity?

https://www.amsj.org/archives/2447

Obesity was defined as children who had a BMI ≥ 95% of children with the same age and gender. [6] The subjects of this review, Australian school-aged children, were defined …

Childhood Obesity | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers

https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/childhood-obesity/384/overview

Childhood Obesity continues to be the premier journal that informs clinical care, supports health equity, influences public health and health care services, affects health policy …

CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Journal of Primary Health

https://www.publish.csiro.au/py/py10041

Only 22% of respondents indicated awareness of the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines for management of obese children and 92% had …

Overweight and obesity - Australian …

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/overweight-and-obesity

In 2017–18, 2 in 3 (67%) Australians aged 18 and over were overweight or obese (36% were overweight but not obese, and 31% were obese). That’s around 12.5 million adults. Men had higher …