Prevalence of depressive symptoms in overweight and obese children and adolescents in mainland China: A meta-analysis of comparative studies and epidemiological surveys

2019 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Wang Rao ◽  
Ji-Wen Zhang ◽  
Qian-Qian Zong ◽  
Feng-Rong An ◽  
Gabor S. Ungvari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Epidemiological Surveys

Prevalence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents in China: A meta-analysis of observational studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 790-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Wang Rao ◽  
Dan-Dan Xu ◽  
Xiao-Lan Cao ◽  
Si-Ying Wen ◽  
Weng-Ian Che ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Meta Analysis

scholarly journals Is there a benefit of vitamin D supplementation in deficient children and adolescents suffering from obesity? A meta-analysis

QJM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Nassar ◽  
E K Emam ◽  
M F Allam
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Vitamin D Supplementation ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Intramuscular Dose ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
Pubmed Search ◽  
Lower Vitamin

Abstract Background and objectives Both childhood obesity and vitamin D deficiency are common in the Middle East. This systematic review/meta-analysis aims to highlight the effect of vitamin D supplementation in deficient children suffering from obesity. Methods Published clinical studies on vitamin D supplementation in obese children and adolescents with vitamin D deficiency were identified through a comprehensive MEDLINE/PubMed search (from July 1966 to November 2017). Outcomes intended after vitamin D supplementation were improvements in vitamin D status, BMI alterations and appetite changes. The inclusion criteria were children aged 2 to 18 years of both sexes in clinical trials that specified the oral and/or intramuscular dose of vitamin D supplementation. Results Ten studies were retrieved, but only six were relevant. First, supplemented obese children and adolescents were compared to non-obese controls; thereafter, supplemented obese children and adolescents were compared to matching obese peers given placebo. Pooled risks from the two studies that evaluated the number of obese and non-obese children and adolescents who improved upon vitamin D supplementation revealed that obesity poses a risk for not benefiting from the vitamin D supplementation regardless of the dose and the duration of supplementation. Pooled results from the six retrieved studies that compared supplemented obese children and adolescents to matching non-obese or obese peers given placebo revealed significantly lower vitamin D levels in obese participants than in non-obese peers. Conclusion Vitamin D levels are significantly lower in obese children and adolescents with obesity, posing a risk for not benefiting from vitamin D supplementation regardless of the dose and duration of supplementation. Our results suggest that only with simultaneous weight adjustment strategies, vitamin D sufficiency would be achieved more effectively. Vitamin D supplementation in deficient children suffering from obesity.

Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 634-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Black ◽  
B. White ◽  
R. M. Viner ◽  
R. K. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Obese Children

Overweight or obesity associations with physical aggression in children and adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa K.W. Tso ◽  
Bosco Rowland ◽  
John W. Toumbourou ◽  
Belinda L. Guadagno
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Standardized Mean Difference ◽  
Level Effect ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

Being overweight or obese (overweight/obesity) or physically aggressive in childhood and adolescence can have lifelong consequences, hence are important public health problems. Identifying a relationship between these problems would assist in understanding their developmental origins. The present paper sought to review previous studies and use meta-analysis to evaluate whether there is evidence of a relationship between overweight/obesity and physical aggression in children and adolescents. A systematic search of studies that reported the effect of overweight/obesity (in the form of body mass index) on physical aggression was conducted. A total of 23 studies were identified, representing data from 255,377 participants. The results indicate that children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more physically aggressive than their normal-weight or underweight peers. The average weighted standardized mean difference (the effect size) for aggression in overweight and obese children and adolescents compared to others was found to be 0.27 (95% confidence interval [CI95]: .17–.37), and was significant ( p<.001). Gender sub-analysis indicated that higher physical aggression amongst overweight or obese compared to normal-weight or underweight peers is a slightly larger effect for boys (standardized mean difference of .35, CI95: .18–.52, p<.001) than girls (standardized mean difference of .24, CI95: .07–.42, p<.01). High levels of heterogeneity (94.41%) were found between study-level effect sizes. The developmental processes that may explain the association between overweight/obesity and physical aggression in children and adolescents are discussed.

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