Childhood obesity and eating behaviour
The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased substantially in the recent decade as a result of the reduction in physical activity and the availability of high-fat and high-energy-density foods which the paediatric population faces daily. Although children are highly exposed to these foods, ther...
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Published in | Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 497 - 502 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Germany
De Gruyter
01.05.2015
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
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Summary: | The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased substantially in the recent decade as a result of the reduction in physical activity and the availability of high-fat and high-energy-density foods which the paediatric population faces daily. Although children are highly exposed to these foods, there is a wide variation in body weight, suggesting the presence of different patterns of response to an “obesogenic” environment. This wide variability from the point of view of eating behaviour involves a number of social issues (e.g., food availability, cost) as well as genuine behavioural traits such as the response to satiety, energy compensation, eating rate, responsiveness to food, food reward and dietary preferences. This article reviews the main physiological variables related to energy intake affecting eating behaviour in the paediatric population. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 |
ISSN: | 0334-018X 2191-0251 |
DOI: | 10.1515/jpem-2014-0206 |