Sentences with phrase «normal weight children»

45 % of obese children always consumed school lunch, in comparison to only 34 % of normal weight children who consumed school lunch.

The authors compared children with severe obesity in this age group with normal weight children in terms of sociodemographic information, as well as birth histories, screen time, and measures of healthy eating.

Due to the fact the exercise and eating patterns of obese students differed so much from normal weight children, the researchers came to the conclusion that lifestyle habits were more closely associated with obesity in children, as opposed to genetics.

18.5 percent of severely obese children were excluded from group activities compared to only 5.4 percent of normal weight children and 10.4 percent of overweight kids.

Cross-sectional studies suggest less cohesion in families with overweight children compared to families with normal weight children (Banis, Varni, Wallander, & Korsch, 1988; Beck & Terry, 1985; Mendelson, White, & Schliecker, 1995).

44.4 percent of severely obese children experienced name calling compared to only 10.1 percent of normal weight children and 20.6 percent of overweight kids.

21 percent of severely obese children experienced physical victimization compared to only 5.4 percent of normal weight children and 8.7 percent of overweight kids.

Philippe Froguel from Institut Pasteur in Lille, France, and colleagues from Imperial College London, UK, looked at the genes of 1225 children aged 5 to 11 who were clinically obese, and 1205 normal weight children.

The researchers found that obese children were absent significantly more than the normal weight children.

In this study, BDS scores of mothers of low and high BMI children were found to be statistically higher when compared to mothers of normal weight children.