Trends in physical activity in Greenlandic schoolchildren, 1994-2006.

Objectives: To describe trends in self-reported physical activity among Greenlandic schoolchildren from 1994 to 2006, and to analyse associations between physical activity and quality of life, health, academic achievement, school satisfaction and substance use.

Study Design: Trend analysis of the Greenlandic data reported in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey on 11, 13, and 15 years olds in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Methods: Analyses of associations data on all participating children in Greenland who were 11 to 17 years old in 2006 were used.

Child health in Greenland.

Aim: To review the knowledge on child health and child health problems in Greenland.

Method: The review was based on theses, national statistics, national and international reports, and a search in Pub Med, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and WHOLIB databases from 1985 to 2005. The resulting articles were sorted by topic, type, quality of study, and relevance for child health today, providing 47 articles.

Overweight and obesity at school entry as predictor of overweight in adolescence in an Arctic child population.

Background: The aim of this study was to analyse the changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and in mean body mass index (BMI) among school children, and to analyse the predictive value of overweight and obesity at school entry to overweight and obesity in adolescence in an Arctic child population.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study. A database was created on the basis of files from health examinations.