Sentences with phrase «young adulthood obesity»

Childhood and young adulthood obesity seem to always be in the headlines.

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The researchers assert that findings from a variety of studies of juvenile obesity in humans show that children who are inactive in childhood are significantly more likely than those who engaged in exercise when young to continue this habit into adulthood.

By introducing young children to equipment such as this, they are much more likely to carry on exercising in this way after they have finished school and long into adulthood, thus helping to put a stop to the UK's obesity epidemic.

Compelling evidence from recent studies has established an association between childhood adversities, including household dysfunction and family violence, and adult obesity and excessive weight control.18 - 20 To date, 4 prospective longitudinal studies21 - 24 have demonstrated an association between physical abuse, neglect, and / or sexual abuse and obesity in late adolescence or young adulthood.

Additionally, physical activity levels tend to decrease as adolescents move into young adulthood [3], leaving them at risk for the poor health outcomes associated with physical inactivity, which include overweight and obesity [4 — 6].