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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Childhood Weight"”.
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Parental perceptions of childhood weight status in preschool children
… parental perceptions of their preschool child's weight status. Pender's Revised Health Promotion Model was used to guide this study. A convenience sample of 275 parents, who had a child between the age of 2--5 years, was obtained from Women, Infant's and Children (WIC) clinics in a Southwestern …
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Parents' Experiences with Sociocultural Messages: Qualitative Theory Informing Prevention of Childhood Weight-Related Problems
… environment has impacted the increased rates of childhood obesity and disordered eating patterns (Battle & Brownell, 1996), and prevention efforts are beginning to take an ecological approach to addressing these weight-based problems. Researchers have begun to discuss the importance of starting …
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The Association Between Childhood Traffic Exhaust Exposure and Asthma Differs Between Normal and Overweight Children
… and asthma development in normal and overweight children at age seven.Study Design: Newborn children (n = 592) were monitored for exposure to diesel exhaust particles from birth to age seven. Clinical examinations were performed at age seven to determine the presence of asthma based on the …
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The Relationship of Infant Feeding and Self-Regulation in Pediatric Obesity
Pediatric overweight and obesity is a growing national epidemic with 15 percent of children ages 6-19 considered obese and at least 22 percent considered overweight. Although there are many suggested causes, treatments, and preventions for this epidemic, a construct that is showing promise in the …
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Connecting self, body and world: a counselling psychology perspective
… currently take part in a government-funded childhood weight surveillance and feedback initiative - the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). Limited research has been undertaken, predominantly using a positivist framework. This study explored the maternal experience of being told …
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A Cross-Cultural Examination of Parenting Style and Feeding Practices
Childhood obesity is an issue of great concern to health professionals in the United States. Past research has emphasized the role parenting styles (e.g., the global parenting environment) and parents? practices (e.g., specific parent behaviors) play in shaping childhood weight status. This study …
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Childhood Misnourishment, School Meal Programs and Academic Performance
Both types of childhood misnourishment, overweight/obesity and underweight, are accompanied by serious health consequences and a heavy economic burden. In 2008, 19.6% of US children aged 6 to 11 and 18.1% of adolescents aged 12 to 19 were obese equating to 13 million children. Furthermore, in 2006, …
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The relationship of body mass index (BMI) and weight status to hypertension in a cohort of elementary school students: A retrospective longitudinal study
This study investigated the relationship between childhood body mass index (BMI), ethnicity, gender, and hypertension in a cohort of fourth-grade students. Specifically, this study longitudinally tracked the weight of 327 children in the first grade and later in the fourth grade to determine if …
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Addressing childhood obesity in ethnic minority populations
Childhood obesity in the UK is a serious public health concern. In some ethnic minority groups obesity prevalence is significantly higher than the national average (The NHS Information Centre, 2010). Therefore, it is recommended that interventions to manage childhood obesity are tailored to the …
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Family chaos, attachment security, and responsiveness: Associations with appetite self-regulation in early childhood
… examining the etiology of excessive early childhood weight gain have focused on correlates or risk factors related to nutrition and physical activity (Woo Baidal et al., 2016). However, several promising areas for future research on obesity prevention have been identified, particularly in …