Obesity in Children and Adolescents

School accreditation scheme reduces childhood obesity in Hong Kong
Fu YCA, To KC, Tao WY, Kwan KMA, Lee YH, Fung YKA, Ching CTR, Chung WHT
Global Health Promotion 2018 May 29:1757975918764318

The association of air pollution with body mass index: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort
Huang JV, Leung GM, Schooling CM
International Journal of Obesity 2019; 43:62-72

Age-period-cohort analysis of trends in blood pressure and body mass index in children and adolescents in Hong Kong
Kwok MK, Tu YK, Kawachi I, Schooling CM
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2017; 71(12):1161-1168

Socioeconomic gradient in childhood obesity and hypertension: A multilevel population-based study in a Chinese community
Ip P, Ho FK, So HK, Chan DF, Ho M, Tso W, Nelson EA
PLoS One 2016; 11(6):e0156945

Self-reported waist circumference: a screening tool for classifying children with overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic risk factor clustering
Chan NPT, Choi KC, Nelson EAS, Sung RYT, Chan JCN, Kong APS
Pediatric Obesity 2012; 7(2):110-120

Self-reported waist circumference: a screening tool for classifying children with overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic risk factor clustering
Chan NPT, Choi KC, Nelson EAS, Sung RYT, Chan JCN, Kong APS
Pediatric Obesity 2012; 7(2):110-120

Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort
Lin SL, Leung GM, Hui LL, Lam TH, Schooling CM
International Journal of Epidemiology 2011; 40(5):1238-1246

Breakfast frequency inversely associated with BMI and body fatness in Hong Kong Chinese children aged 9-18 years.
So HK, Nelson EA, Li AM, Guldan GS, Yin J, Ng PC, Sung RY
British Journal of Nutrition 2011; 106(5):742-751

Health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents
Mak KK, Ho SY, Lo WS, Thomas GN, McManus AM, Day JR, Lam TH
BMC Public Health 2010; 10:88

The effect of weekend and holiday sleep compensation on childhood overweight and obesity
Wing YK, Li SX, Li AM, Zhang J, Kong AP
Pediatrics 2009; 124(5):e994-e1000

Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children
Sung RY, So HK, Choi KC, Nelson EA, Li AM, Yin JA, Kwok CW, Ng PC, Fok TF
BMC Public Health 2008; 8:324

Secular changes in height, weight and body mass index in Hong Kong Children
So HK, Nelson EA, Li AM, Wong EM, Lau JT, Guldan GS, Mak KH, Wang Y, Fok TF, Sung RY
BMC Public Health 2008; 8:320

The problem of obesity among adolescents in Hong Kong: a comparison using various diagnostic criteria.
Ko GT, Ozaki R, Wong GW, Kong AP, So WY, Tong PC, Chan MH, Ho CS, Lam CW, Chan JC
BMC Pediatrics 2008; 8:10

Waist circumference and body mass index in Chinese children: cutoff values for predicting cardiovascular risk factors
Sung RY, Yu CC, Choi KC, McManus A, Li AM, Xu SL, Chan D, Lo AF, Chan JC, Fok TF
International Journal of Obesity 2007; 31(3):550-558

Meal glycaemic load of normal-weight and overweight Hong Kong children
Hui LL, Nelson EA
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 60(2):220-227