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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Childhood obesity prevention"”.
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Childhood obesity prevention in Soweto, South Africa
Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in many African countries. In South Africa, young children in urban low-income settings have been identified as being particularly at risk of overweight and obesity, while childhood undernutrition also persists. There is a need to develop and …
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Proposing a Model School-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Cuero, TX, A Rural Underserved City
Abstract: Childhood obesity has become a national public health crisis in America. While many reports on childhood obesity prevention programs exist, the results are heterogeneous due to the diversity of the interventions, study populations and research settings. School-based programs focusing on …
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Proposing a Model School-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Cuero, TX, A Rural Underserved City
Abstract: Childhood obesity has become a national public health crisis in America. While many reports on childhood obesity prevention programs exist, the results are heterogeneous due to the diversity of the interventions, study populations and research settings. School-based programs focusing on …
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A childhood obesity prevention initiative: Learning from parents by identifying knowledge, attitudes and barriers related to childhood obesity
Childhood obesity prevalence is rising all over the world. Excess caloric intake and decreased energy expenditure cause obesity over time. Health problems caused by childhood obesity are affecting children and adults. Parents and caregivers are often responsible for providing meals and shaping …
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Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention program: Analysis of Its Influence on health of Rural South Dakota 5th and 6th Grade Children
<p>Obesity is a growing problem throughout the developed world. This project will focus on obesity in rural children by studying those living in an area of South Dakota. Research shows high levels of overweight and obese children in this demographic. The two major objectives of this study are to …
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Childhood obesity and its prevention in primary school-aged children: a focus on South Asian communities in the UK
Childhood obesity is a major global concern but there is little evidence for effective childhood obesity prevention strategies. People of South Asian origin are a specific target group for obesity prevention as they are vulnerable to cardiovascular health effects of obesity. This thesis explores …
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iCook 4-H: Report of Accelerometer Derived Physical Activity in 9-10 Year Old Children from Baseline, Post, and Follow-up
… 5- state, randomized control family centered childhood obesity prevention program. This family focus intervention was designed to promote PA through lifestyle modifications. Between group differences in minutes-per-day and intensity of PA were determined on accelerometer compliant …
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iCook 4-H: Assessment of Physical Activity in 9-10 Year Old Children Participating in a Family-centered Pilot Intervention
… in iCook 4-H, a 5-state, family-centered, childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention. Sixty-one parent-child dyads were recruited to pilot the 12- week curriculum. PA was assessed in 48 of the children pre and post intervention. All subjects wore an accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for …
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“It’s Like an Iceberg”: Storying the Student Experience of Classroom-Based Anthropometric Measurement
… purposes, and is often done in the context of childhood obesity prevention. Past research has indicated that classroom-based AM practices pose risks to student well-being by compromising student privacy, perpetuating weight-centric beliefs that encourage dangerous health practices, and …
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Indulgent caregivers’ feeding style moderated the association between food responsiveness and BMI z-score of preschool children
Childhood obesity is a global epidemic and a public health concern that requires urgent attention. This is because childhood obesity has been shown to be a strong predictor of obesity in adulthood and health risks associated with obesity are very many and could also lead to mortality in both …
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What School-Based Strategies are Most Effective in Preventing Obesity Among Primary School Children in the United Kingdom
Background: Childhood obesity remains a significant public health challenge in the United Kingdom, with persistently high prevalence rates and marked socio-economic inequalities. Schools are increasingly positioned as key settings for obesity prevention due to their reach, structure, and potential …
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Measuring the obesogenic environment of childhood obesity
Obesity prevalence has accelerated over the last two decades and is predicted to continue to rise, bringing with it increased morbidity and mortality as well as rising dramatically health care costs. Obesogenic environments are one of the explanations for the rising prevalence. Accordingly this …
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Rhetorical Appeals in Design for Social Change
… mobile web application for Latino parents about childhood obesity prevention called Lifecast) and conducted an auto-observation of his behavior as the designer. (3) He evaluated the design product with design experts and in the real context using heuristics, participant observation, and in-depth …
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School Policy, Food and Physical Activity Environment, and Childhood Obesity
… nutrition and physical activity policies on childhood obesity prevention. Four models based on the Social Ecological Framework of childhood obesity were developed. Parameters of these models were calibrated and validated with empirical data derived from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study …
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The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: An Examination of Obesity Prevention Behavioral Change in Children Who Participated In The Afterschool Program Virginia Beach Let’s Move
… Skills Model (IMB) as a foundation to design childhood obesity prevention afterschool programs. This study employed a secondary analysis of pre (n=172), post (n=170), and 1-year follow-up (n=32) evaluations of the obesity prevention afterschool program Virginia Beach Let’s Move for children …
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iCook 4-H: 0 to 24-Month Accelerometer-Derived Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Youth
… randomized, control-treatment, family-based childhood obesity prevention intervention promoting cooking, eating and playing together. Youth, 9-10 years old, and their main adult meal preparer, participated in the 12-week program followed by monthly newsletters and bi-yearly booster sessions …
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Exploring the impact of lifestyle and physical fitness on childhood overweight and obesity prevention in schoolchildren: a quasi-experimental study assessing the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention in the province of Cádiz. The PREVIENE-CÁDIZ Study
Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern worldwide, with significant implications for children's health and well-being. This International Doctoral Thesis aims to study the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention encompassing individual, school, and community-based approaches aimed at …
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Association between early maternal depression and child growth: A group-based trajectory modeling analysis
Childhood overweight and obesity have become a primary social and public health concern. Over the past 30 years, rates of childhood overweight and obesity in the United States have increased dramatically from 6% to 32%. Childhood obesity is also a health equity issue: overweight and obesity …
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Parental feeding styles and weight status of preschool children in Chile: Perceptions and influential factors
… countries with the highest prevalence of childhood obesity, where 34% of children under the age of six are categorized as obese or overweight. Parents have an integral role in obesity prevention in preschool children as the parents can create a home food and meal environment through …
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