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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-02-01
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Series: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12474 |