Obesity Health Screening in Japanese School-Aged Children and Adolescents
Higher obesity percentages were observed among boys and among children in higher grades. Given the associations with lifestyle factors as well, it may be essential to integrate more targeted health guidance in the screening program.
Authors
- Naho Morisaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6151-4513)
- Kevin Y. Urayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1360-9531)
- Shohei Harada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5422-3054)
- Hisako Tanaka
Institutions
- National Center For Child Health and Development (JP)
- Kishokai Medical Corporation (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.100766
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00