SMJ articles in the category "Childhood"

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Differences in Cardiometabolic Biomarkers between Elementary School–Age Latinx Children with Obesity versus Healthy Weight

Objectives: Low-income Latinx youth are disproportionately affected by obesity, which results in an increased risk of cardiometabolic abnormalities. Biomarker tracking may be useful for the early identification of obesity comorbidities in young Latinx children. Hence, we aimed to compare cardiometabolic biomarkers between age- and sex-matched pairs of elementary school-aged Latinx…

Posted in: biomarkers 4 Childhood 2 health disparities 19 Obesity 70

Original Article

Alabama Children’s Body Mass Index, Nutritional Attitudes, and Food Consumption: An Exploratory Analysis

Objectives: This study had three aims: assess the extent to which middle school children in southern Alabama were classified as overweight or obese; determine the magnitude of the relation between children’s attitudes toward healthy eating and their actual dietary choices; and examine the role of race, sex, and ZIP codes…

Posted in: Childhood 2 Obesity 70
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