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1. Exploring the incidence of balance and coordination deficits amongst obese adolescents attending school: Insights from an online cross-sectional survey

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Smriti Choudhary and Abhishek Sharma

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balance impairment, childhood obesity, coordination disorder, obesity adolescents, students, Medicine
Abstract

Background: Balance is maintained through automatic postural adjustments that ensure stability during various activities. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is often associated with other developmental issues, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, speech-language delays, and behavioral and emotional difficulties. Body mass index (BMI) for age is widely used in clinical and public health settings to determine whether a child or adolescent is overweight or obese. Aims: This study aimed to systematically examine the prevalence of balance and coordination impairments among obese adolescents attending school. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 368 school-going obese adolescents. A self-developed questionnaire assessing balance and coordination was administered to the participants. The BMI was calculated for each participant to confirm obesity status. Results: The study found a significant prevalence of balance and coordination impairments among the obese school-going adolescents surveyed. These impairments were observed across various activities requiring postural adjustments and motor skills. Conclusions: The findings suggest a notable incidence of balance and coordination deficits in obese adolescents, highlighting the need for targeted interventions in this population to address these motor skill challenges.

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2024
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2. Socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and metabolic syndrome in European adolescents: The HELENA study

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Claudia Börnhorst, Marcela González-Gross, Christina-Paulina Lambrinou, Luis A. Moreno, Nathalie Michels, Eva Karaglani, Isabel Iguacel, Kurt Widhalm, Alejandro de la O Puerta, Esther Nova, Inge Huybrechts, Christina Breidenassel, Frédéric Gottrand, Lorenza Mistura, Dénes Molnár, Azahara I. Rupérez, Jean Dallongeville, Marc J. Gunter, Anthony Kafatos, Mathilde Kersting, Stefaan De Henauw, and European Commission

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Male, Waist, Adolescent, Medicine (miscellaneous), Vulnerable Populations, Socioeconomic disadvantages, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, Environmental health, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Life Style, Socioeconomic status, Metabolic Syndrome, Framingham Risk Score, Nutrition and Dietetics, business.industry, Stressor, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, medicine.disease, Metabolic syndrome, Obesity, Disadvantaged, Obesity adolescents, Psychiatry and Mental health, Cross-Sectional Studies, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, Modifiable lifestyle indicators, Waist Circumference, business, Psychosocial, Demography
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The present paper was presented as a poster in the 13th European Nutrition Conference in Dublin (Ireland)., [Purpose]: Psychosocial stressors derived from socioeconomic disadvantages in adolescents can result in higher risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS). We aimed to examine whether socioeconomic disadvantages were associated with MetS independent of lifestyle and whether there was a dose-response relationship between the number of cumulated socioeconomic disadvantages and risk of MetS., [Methods]: This study included 1,037 European adolescents (aged 12.5–17.5 years). Sociodemographic variables and lifestyle were assessed by self-reported questionnaires. Disadvantaged groups included adolescents with low-educated parents, low family affluence, migrant origin, unemployed parents, and nontraditional families. MetS risk score was calculated as the sum of sex- and age-specific z-scores of waist circumference, blood pressure, lipids, and insulin resistance. Linear mixed-effects models adjusted for sex, age, pubertal status, and lifestyle were used to study the association between social disadvantages and MetS risk score., [Results]: Adolescents with low-educated mothers showed a higher MetS score (.54 [.09–.98]; β estimate and 99% confidence interval) compared to those with high-educated mothers. Adolescents who accumulated more than three disadvantages (.69 [.08–1.31]) or with missing information on disadvantages (.72 [.04–1.40]) had a higher MetS risk score compared to nonsocioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Stronger associations between socioeconomic disadvantages and MetS were found in male than in female adolescents., [Conclusions]: Adolescents with low-educated mothers or with more than three socioeconomic disadvantages had a higher MetS risk, independent of lifestyle, potentially due to higher psychosocial stress exposure. Policy makers should focus on improving low-educated familiesa and more disadvantaged families' knowledge on nutrition and physical activity to help them cope better with stress., The HELENA Study was conducted with the financial support of the European Community sixth RTD Framework Programme (Contract FOOD-CT-2005-007034).

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2020
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