Sedentary Time and Central Adiposity in Children

There is currently a global epidemic of obesity, with a recent pooled analysis indicating that over the last forty yrs, the number of obese people worldwide has risen from 105 million to 641 million (1). The global economic and clinical burden is substantial, with pressures not only for treating obesity per se but also for treating the associated myriad of noncommunicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, and cancer. Importantly, childhood obesity is a strong predictor of adult obesity (2).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2016.04.012