Children's body fatness and prevalence of obesity in relation to height for age.

Background: Children who are taller for their age tend to have higher BMI and, as a group, a greater prevalence of overweight/obesity.

Aim: To examine the relationship between height for age with three measures of adiposity.

Subjects And Methods: Height, weight, BMI, % body fat (%BF) (by bioimpedance) and waist circumference (WC) were measured in 2298 Caucasian children (1251 boys) aged 4-14 years.

Skeletal muscle mass reference curves for children and adolescents.

Background: Skeletal muscle is key to motor development and represents a major metabolic end organ that aids glycaemic regulation.

Objectives: To create gender-specific reference curves for fat-free mass (FFM) and appendicular (limb) skeletal muscle mass (SMMa) in children and adolescents. To examine the muscle-to-fat ratio in relation to body mass index (BMI) for age and gender.

Family-based behavioural management of childhood obesity: service evaluation of a group programme run in a community setting in the United Kingdom.

A service evaluation of a pilot of a family-based behavioural management group programme for childhood obesity was conducted in a community setting in the United Kingdom. A total of 17 families with children aged 7.5-14 years completed the programme, which was delivered in 15 sessions over 6 months.

Comparison of children's body fatness between two contrasting income groups: contribution of height difference.

Objective: To compare measures of growth and body fatness (body mass index (BMI) and % body fat) in children from two contrasting income backgrounds and to examine the contribution of height difference to these measures.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Schools in inner East London ('low income') and West London, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire ('high income'), UK.