ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Daily breakfast consumption is recommended as part of a healthy lifestyle in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to report the frequency of breakfast consumption and explore the associations between breakfast consumption and diet quality in children with overweight/obesity.Methods: In total, 1335 children/adolescents 2-18 years old were recruited in a weight-management out-patient clinic in th...

Background: Waist circumference (WC) reflects the fat distribution and the degree of central adiposity in children, which is specifically associated with cardiovascular risk factors and useful as a component of metabolic syndrome definition in children.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the distribution of WC measures among preschool children aged 3.5–5.5 years from six European countries.Method: Cross-sectional study of a ...

Background: Childhood obesity is a serious health problem, related to an increased risk of adult morbidity and mortality. Evidence indicates that central adiposity increases this risk to a higher degree compared to the general obesity indices.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the distribution of anthropometric obesity indices among preschool children aged 3.5–5.5 years, from six European countries, and to examine their associations with certain ...