Limited availability of childhood overweight and obesity treatment programmes in Danish paediatric departments.

Introduction: The prevalence of children and adolescents with overweight and obesity has tripled over the past 30 years. One in five children in Denmark is overweight, a condition which is accompanied by serious medical and psychosocial complications. So far, an overview of the Danish treatment of childhood overweight and obesity has been lacking.

Management of Overweight during Childhood: A Focus Group Study on Health Professionals' Experiences in General Practice.

Background. Because of the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood in the Western world, focus on the management in general practice has also increased. Objective.

Early intervention for childhood overweight: A randomized trial in general practice.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of two intervention modalities concerning overweight and obesity among children in general practice.

Design: Prospective randomized controlled trial.

Setting: A total of 60 general practices in the former County of Funen, Denmark.

Danish clinical guidelines for examination and treatment of overweight and obese children and adolescents in a pediatric setting.

Overweight children are at an increased risk of becoming obese adults, which may lead to shorter life expectancies in the current generation of children as compared to their parents. Furthermore, being an overweight child has a negative psycho-social impact. We consider obesity in children and adolescents a chronic illness, which is in line with the American Medical Society.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Danish preschool children over a 10-year period: a study of two birth cohorts in general practice.

Aim: To determine change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children, over a 10-year period and to identify possible predictors of overweight in 5-year-old children.

Methods: Anthropometric data from birth and routine child health examinations at 3 and 5 years of age performed in general practice were collected in 5580 children from two Funen birth cohorts (1992 and 2001, respectively) representing 48% of the total population at similar age. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was classified using the International Obesity Task Force definitions.