The association between weight loss behaviors and body weight perception in Chinese adolescents: 2007-2022.

Background: Weight misperceptions are common in children and adolescents, which is related to the engagement of weight loss behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between body weight perception and weight loss behaviors of lower-calorie diets and increased levels of physical activity (PA).

Methods: The Ningbo Youth Risk Behavior Survey was conducted from 2007 to 2022.

Chronotype is associated with eating behaviors, physical activity and overweight in school-aged children.

Background: A later chronotype has been found to be associated with unhealthy habits and diseases, such as an unhealthy diet and metabolic syndrome in adults. Little is known about the association between chronotype, eating habits, physical activity and obesity. Thus, this study aimed to explore the relationships between chronotype, eating behaviors, physical activity, and overweight in Chinese school-aged children.

Effect of changes in body mass index and waist-to-height ratio on blood pressure in 11- to 13-year-old children: a prospective population study.

Background: Existing evidence about associations between change in body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) change and high blood pressure are relatively limited.

Aims: We aimed to investigate the associations of general overweight (based on BMI) and abdominal obesity (based on WHtR) change with high blood pressure in Chinese children.

Subjects And Methods: A school-based cohort study in Ningbo region (China) was conducted among children with baseline evaluations in October 2016 with follow-up two years later.

Self-reported eating speed is associated with overweight among Chinese schoolchildren: a cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the association between eating speed and overweight in Chinese schoolchildren.

Methods: In all, 664 schoolchildren (10-12 years) from three primary schools participated in this study in China. Their height and body weight were measured.

Dinner-to-bed time is independently associated with overweight/obesity in Chinese school-aged children.

Purpose: Little is known about the association between dinner-to-bed time and obesity. Thus, this study was aimed to assess the relationships between dinner-to-bed and overweight/obesity in Chinese school-aged children in Ningbo, China.

Methods: Data of this study were based on 1667 schoolchildren (14-15 years) from 14 primary schools participated in this study in China.

Association between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Chinese adults living in Ningbo and to examine the association between alcohol consumption and MetS and its medical components.

Design: A representative survey in Ningbo was conducted in 2015 covering socio-demography. A FFQ together with additional questionnaires was used to collect information on alcohol consumption, diet, demography, lifestyle and medical information.

25-Hydroxyvitamin D Status and Its Association with Sleep Duration in Chinese Schoolchildren.

Objective: To examine the association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and sleep duration among Chinese adolescents.

Subjects And Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese adolescents in 2017. Data on a total of 800 adolescents aged 8⁻14 years was used for this study.

Insufficient Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in a Chinese Population.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and overweight/obesity among Chinese adolescents.

Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese adolescents in 2016. In total, 2795 school-aged Chinese children aged 12 to 13 years participated in this study.

Associations between sleep duration and physical activity and dietary behaviors in Chinese adolescents: results from the Youth Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys of 2015.

Objective: To assess the association between sleep duration and physical activity and dietary behaviors among adolescents in a representative sample.

Methods: The analysis was performed using data from the 2015 Ningbo Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Associations between physical activity and dietary behaviors and sleep duration were examined on weighted data using logistic regression.