Estimates of the energy deficit required to reverse the trend in childhood obesity in Australian schoolchildren

Abstract Objectives: To estimate: 1) daily energy deficit required to reduce the weight of overweight children to within normal range; 2) time required to reach normal weight for a proposed achievable (small) target energy deficit of 0.42 MJ/day; 3) impact that such an effect may have on prevalence...

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Main Authors: Thomas Cochrane, Rachel Davey, F. Robert de Castella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12474