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Grigsby-Toussaint, Diana Reeves, Dayanna M 2016-07-07T21:14:35Z 2016-07-07T21:14:35Z 2018-07-08T09:15:09Z 2016-04-11 2016-05 The purpose of this study was to examine the current literature on childhood overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) as defined by the World Bank. Many LMICs are experiencing a dual burden of under- and over-nutrition which has a widespread impact on global health. In addition, globalization and changes in food production in LMICs have been associated with the growing prevalence rates of childhood obesity. Although obesity trends have been well documented in developed countries, there is a lack of representative data on childhood obesity in LMICs. For this study, 29 articles were reviewed and analyzed to examine the factors contributing to childhood overweight and obesity in LMICs. This review provides evidence of childhood overweight/obesity in low and middle-income countries. The findings of this review describe the six main factors associated with childhood overweight and obesity including sociodemographic factors, nutrition transition, family household structure, maternal health status, environment, and sedentary lifestyle. Since the studies varied regarding methods and analysis, we cannot generalize key findings across articles or between countries. Therefore, this review will report on the factors associated with childhood obesity by country based on specific studies to avoid generalization. Future research should use an ecological approach to provide health education to eliminate childhood obesity. Additionally, interventions and strategies should be attentive to the cultural and socioeconomic risk factors that are heavily associated with childhood obesity. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01 The student, Dayanna Reeves, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-08 at 16:36. The student, Dayanna Reeves, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-08 at 16:36. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-11 at 16:52. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9173 on 2016-07-07 at 14:16:33 Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T21:14:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 REEVES-THESIS-2016.pdf: 786022 bytes, checksum: c8659785daeca67f4b4b075c7f5dccc1 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4211 bytes, checksum: ac76059bbe81510f25f4457eb2762fb6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-11 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93240 Lift date: 2018-07-07T21:14:52Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93240 Lift date: 2018-07-07T21:18:16Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 93240 on 2018-07-08T09:15:09Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90886 en Copyright 2016 Dayanna Reeves childhood obesity low and middle-income countries Factors influencing childhood overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review text text Kinesiology & Community Health Community Health University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.