| Overweight and obesity are important public health concerns associated with a variety of negative physiological and psychological consequences in children, youth as well as in adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the increase in childhood overweight and obesity in a Canadian sample of 7 to 12 year olds between 1979 and 1998 using the BMI as the indicator of obesity. Analyses of variance were performed on the data between the different study cohorts. The 85... |
