We develop a model to estimate the influence of child and parental characteristics on the likelihood that a child will become an obese or overweight youth. We use this model to test whether it is possible to forecast obesity and overweight among youth. Comparing Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) scores from these forecasts, we find that a model using childhood covariates does as well in forecasting youth obesity and overweight as a model using the covariate values contemporaneous with the youth obesity and overweight outcomes. The datasets used in this paper, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth(NLSY79)andtheNLSY79Children and YoungAdults,providedata from1986 to2002,allowing for the study of a child’s transition to and from obesi...
Treatment programs for childhood overweight and obesity have highlighted the importance of the famil...
BACKGROUND: If obesity results from the interaction of variables that involve the subject and his en...
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood has implications for their future h...
The rate of overweight in children is increasing at an alarming rate. The IOM (2005) estimated 9 mil...
copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notic...
The rate of overweight in children is increasing at an alarming rate. The IOM (2005) estimated 9 mil...
The overweight - as distinct from obese - child is a potential target for obesity prevention interve...
International audienceFew studies consider how risk factors within multiple levels of influence oper...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of tracking of adiposity from childhood to early adulthood, and t...
The influence of parental and early childhood factors on adolescent obesity was investigated using a...
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to identify, in a large representative sample of Canadia...
To characterize the use of pediatric body mass index (BMI) to predict obesity, overweight, and disea...
The health and well-being of U.S. children is challenged by the immense crisis of obesity. The obesi...
Background: in England, 41% of children aged 10–11 years live with overweight or obesity. Identifyin...
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, p...
Treatment programs for childhood overweight and obesity have highlighted the importance of the famil...
BACKGROUND: If obesity results from the interaction of variables that involve the subject and his en...
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood has implications for their future h...
The rate of overweight in children is increasing at an alarming rate. The IOM (2005) estimated 9 mil...
copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notic...
The rate of overweight in children is increasing at an alarming rate. The IOM (2005) estimated 9 mil...
The overweight - as distinct from obese - child is a potential target for obesity prevention interve...
International audienceFew studies consider how risk factors within multiple levels of influence oper...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of tracking of adiposity from childhood to early adulthood, and t...
The influence of parental and early childhood factors on adolescent obesity was investigated using a...
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to identify, in a large representative sample of Canadia...
To characterize the use of pediatric body mass index (BMI) to predict obesity, overweight, and disea...
The health and well-being of U.S. children is challenged by the immense crisis of obesity. The obesi...
Background: in England, 41% of children aged 10–11 years live with overweight or obesity. Identifyin...
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, p...
Treatment programs for childhood overweight and obesity have highlighted the importance of the famil...
BACKGROUND: If obesity results from the interaction of variables that involve the subject and his en...
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood has implications for their future h...