Everyday experiences of life, body and well-being in children with overweight.

Background And Aims: Childhood overweight is presented as a complex problem to solve. To elaborate efforts required in striving for normal weight in overweight children healthy signs of life from the child's point of view should be identified and promoted. The aim of the present study is to describe everyday experiences of life, body and well-being in children with overweight.

Identification and follow-up of obesity in ten-year-old school children.

Objective: Growth surveillance of children in school health services is a routine in Sweden. We describe the effect at follow-up of an overt identification of obesity in school children.

Methods: Follow-up data were collected in two populations of ten-year-old children with obesity.