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Demographic, health-related, and work-related factors associated …

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Design and methods of the Healthy Kids & Families study: a …

WebThe prevalence of obesity in the United States continues to increase and is a major threat to public health [] given its association with multiple chronic diseases and …

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Barriers to weight loss among community health center patients

WebCommunity Health Centers (CHCs) are important settings for obesity prevention and control. However, few studies have explored the barriers that CHC …

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Estimating the proportion of metabolic health outcomes …

WebRecent evidence suggests that a substantial subgroup of the population who have a high-risk waist circumference (WC) do not have an obese body mass index …

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Exploring the associations between systemic inflammation, obesity …

WebObesity is positively associated with low-level chronic inflammation, and negatively associated with several indices of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). It is …

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The complexity of reaching and maintaining a healthy body …

WebBeing overweight and obese are more common among people with a mobility disability (MD) than among the general population [1,2,3,4].Being overweight, with a …

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Community-based childhood obesity prevention intervention for …

WebPrevention of childhood obesity is an ongoing public health priority. From 2011 to 2014, 17% of children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.) were obese [], …

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Welcome from the policies, socio-economic aspects, and health …

WebAt BMC Obesity, the Policies, Socio-economic Aspects, and Health Systems Research Section provides an opportunity to submit research focussed on what we need …

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Primary health care-level interventions targeting health literacy …

WebBackground Enhancing individual’s health literacy for weight loss is important in addressing the increasing burden of chronic disease due to overweight and …

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Associations between medical students’ beliefs about obesity and

WebBackground Despite evidence that biological and genetic factors contribute strongly to obesity, many healthcare providers still attribute obesity more to controllable …

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Healthy Life Centre participants’ perceptions of living with …

WebOverweight and obesity are complex conditions, associated with a wide range of serious health issues. In contemporary society, body size is an important part of a …

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The association of smoking and demographic

WebThe National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) are an exceptional data source for studies of smoking and body weight because they are the …

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A technology-assisted health coaching intervention vs. enhanced …

WebGoals for Eating and Moving (GEM) is a technology-assisted health coaching intervention to improve weight management in primary care at the Veterans Health …

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Improved metabolic health among the obese in six population …

WebThe incidence of CVD is decreasing in spite of increasing BMI in the population. We examined trends in metabolic health among overweight and obese …

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Military service and other socioecological factors influencing …

WebBackground Obesity affects 37 % of patients at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers. The VHA offers an intensive weight management …

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Association of parental body mass index (BMI) with child’s health

WebAbout one third of children aged 2 to 19 years are classified as having overweight or obesity in the United States, and this high prevalence of childhood obesity …

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Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of a mobile

WebBackground Mobile health (mHealth) behaviour change programmes use mobile phones and the internet to deliver health information and behaviour change …

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Overweight, obesity, physical activity and sugar-sweetened …

WebFor over 60 years, 22 Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs), referred to here as the Pacific region, have worked together on issues of health and …

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Childhood overweight, obesity and associated factors among …

WebBackground Obesity in children is increasing worldwide. Malnutrition has become a double burden challenge of public health concern in developing countries. …

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Research protocol: Management of obesity in patients with low …

WebBackground Socioeconomically disadvantaged adults are both more likely to be obese and have lower levels of health literacy. Our trial evaluates the implementation …

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Prioritising and tackling socio-economic inequalities in obesity

WebIn countries with a high prevalence of obesity, socio-economic disadvantage is associated with a greater risk of excess bodyweight. This is true for those living in …

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Prevalence and associated factors of overweight/ obesity among …

WebOverweight and obesity can be defined as excessive and abnormal fat depositions in our body. They have become one of the emerging and serious public …

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