Risk factors for overweight and obesity in children aged 2-6 years.

Background: Understanding risk factors that may vary culturally can help improve preventive strategies for obesity. This is the first cross-sectional study aimed to determine the risk factors for overweight/obesity in children aged 2-6 years in a central Anatolian city in Turkey.

Methods: A total of 1582 children (1351 healthy, 231 overweight/obese) aged 2-6 years were included from the Anthropometry of Turkish Children aged 0-6 years database.

Head circumference growth reference charts for Turkish children aged 0-84 months.

This study sought to produce updated head circumference references in a representative population of Turkish children aged 0 to <84 months. Head circumference measurements are very important in monitoring child growth, to evaluate macrocephaly and microcephaly. Primary sampling units involved family health centers in the city center and suburbs of Kayseri.

Weight and height percentiles for 0-84- month-old children in Kayseri--a central Anatolian city in Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present weight and height percentiles for Turkish children aged 0-84 months residing in Kayseri, Turkey and to compare these findings with national references and international standards.

Methods: We used the data from the Anthropometry of Turkish Children aged 0-6 years (ATCA-06) study. This cross-sectional study conducted in Kayseri/Turkey between September 2009 and May 2010 included 2963 children (1491 girls, 1472 boys) aged 0-84 months.

Ectopic teeth in the maxillary sinus: diagnosis and treatment.

Several types of developmental anomaly of the teeth have been identified. In this article the authors describe three patients who presented with impacted teeth in the maxillary sinuses.