Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Allometric multi-scaling of weight-for-height relation in children and adolescents: Revisiting the theoretical basis of body mass index of thinness and obesity assessment

This study examines BMI's validity in children and adolescents, finding that multi-scaling occurs in younger ages but converges to uni-scaling near adulthood, suggesting BMI is less reliable for younger groups.

Environment-wide and epigenome-wide association study of adiposity in "Children of 1997" birth cohort

This study identifies modifiable factors and epigenetic markers associated with adiposity in adolescents from Hong Kong using EWAS and EWAS.

Relating neighborhood deprivation to childhood obesity in the ABCD Study(R): evidence for theories of neuroinflammation and neuronal stress

The paper examines how neighborhood deprivation relates to childhood obesity and brain structure, supporting neuroinflammation and neuronal stress theories.

Body mass index trajectories and adiposity rebound during the first 6 years in Korean children: based on the National Health Information Database, 2008-2015

The paper analyzes BMI growth trajectories and adiposity rebound timing in Korean children using longitudinal data from 2008-2015, finding strong correlations between BMI at 57 months and AR timing, as well as lifestyle factors.