We believe that there is little to be gained by arguing with Roland Auer and colleagues
about whether diet or physical inactivity is the most important variable leading to obesity in …

Your excellent articles on obesity in Canadian children ignored caloric intake as the major
factor in this problem. 1, 2 Canadians obviously have a sedentary lifestyle. Like Ross …

To the Editor: Cuenca-Garcıa et al concluded that physically active and leaner adolescents
have higher energy intake than less active adolescents with higher adiposity. 1 From a …

Recently, the Joint Task Force of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), Institute of Food
Technologists, and International Food Information Council, proposed the de-facto …

On 3 November 2016, the government published the latest statistics from the childhood
measurement programme which revealed that things are getting worse rather than better …

Abstract Objectives: To estimate: 1) daily energy deficit required to reduce the weight of
overweight children to within normal range; 2) time required to reach normal weight for a …

With the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, there is an urgent need to identify risk
factors that are amenable to preventative action. However, there is a remarkable lack of …

Mark Tremblay and Douglas Willms have analyzed data from 3 Canadian surveys and
drawn conclusions about secular trends in the relation between body mass index and age. 1 …

Childhood obesity has been attributed to a decline in total energy expenditure (TEE). We
measured TEE, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour in a representative sample of …

The prevalence of obesity in New Zealand continues to rise, and a recent international
comparative study ranked New Zealand the fourth-worst OECD country behind the United …