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Overweight

The triple burden of malnutrition among adolescents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The role of gender, household environment, and food insecurity

Christina Kimaryo, Josephine Efraim, Nancy Njenge, Bruno Sunguya, Lyn Haskins, Anne Hatløy, Christiane Horwood

published 05 Dec 2025

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Association between shift work and insulin resistance in women: Implications for metabolic health

You-Jung Choi, Soo Hyeon Cho, Ja-Ho Leigh, Sung Hoon Jeong

published 26 Nov 2025

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Influence of body mass index on the reliability and validity of ultrasound assessments in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: An original research

JoJo Yiying Zou, Shirley Lok Yi Ho, Babak Hassan Beygi, Changliang Luo, Man Sang Wong

published 24 Nov 2025

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An assessment of a health education program addressing overweight, obesity and lifestyle modification in Ghana

Jane Barnes, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Millicent Ofori Boateng, Edward Kofi Sutherland, James Avoka, Stephen Manortey

published 13 Nov 2025

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Effects of exercise modalities on heart rate recovery and its association with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents with overweight or obesity

Rubin Pooni, Silva Arslanian, Heather Edgell, Hala Tamim, SoJung Lee, Jennifer L. Kuk

published 07 Nov 2025

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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on college students’ physical fitness: A comparative study

Jianzhong Sun, Minghao Wu, Jun Li, Cunjian Bi

published 04 Nov 2025

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Non-linear association of sleep duration with osteoarthritis among middle-aged and older adults: Results from a prospective cohort study in China

Long Long, Qi Wang, Bohao Fang, Li Cao, Yingjie Xu, Guangyang Li

published 31 Oct 2025

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Physical Fitness Index and body mass index: A cross‐sectional study based on 1.3 million college students

Sunchao Yin, Peng Jin, Qiang He, Yonghong Zhi

published 30 Oct 2025

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The prevalence of overweight and obesity and the assessment of associated risk factors among school-aged adolescents in Kandahar City, Afghanistan

Mohibullah Mako, Najeebullah Rafiqi, Azizullah Noori, Bilal Ahmad Rahimi

published 27 Oct 2025

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Key body size/shape predictors of physical fitness in Saudi College-aged males: Role of the body roundness index

Mohamed Elloumi, Emna Makni, Martin Pacholek, Mehdi Ben Brahim, Ibrahim Aljasser

published 24 Oct 2025

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Prevalence of overweight and its associated factors among selected higher secondary schools adolescents of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal

Karishma Bhandari, Sheetal Bhandari, Manish Rajbanshi, Richa Aryal, Sagun Magar, Lokendra Oli, Mohandev Joshi, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

published 17 Oct 2025

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SHAP-enhanced machine learning identifies modifiable obesity predictors across adolescent weight groups: A 2021 YRBSS analysis

Yuhai Peng, Zehan Xu, Songjian Du, Tianyuan Hou, Jin Yan

published 10 Oct 2025

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A longitudinal study of four-year changes in physical fitness among university students before and after COVID-19: 2019–2022

Liangru Guo, Liang Jiang, Huizhi Huang

published 10 Oct 2025

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