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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Obesity and overweight"”.
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Obesity & overweight epidemic : an innovative approach to understanding & addressing obesity In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Obesity and overweight are complex global issues that have been and continue to be a significant problem that needs to be addressed. Understanding obesity and overweight are fundamental to finding practical and sustainable solutions. Innovation has different meanings to different people and can be …
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The effect of peanut and peanut butter snacking on weight loss in children
Childhood obesity and overweight has increased significantly, with Mexican Americans having the highest rates. An increase in caloric consumption, and specifically unhealthy snacking, has contributed to childhood obesity. Therefore interventions with a healthy snacking component may prove …
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Cultivating School Food Community: An Ethnography on Nutritional Wellbeing in a Calgary Public School
… over the last 30 years. Public health campaigns and health education programs have been developed to address increased rates of obesity and overweight in young people. Schools are popular sites for health education programming in this regard. Although policies and initiatives have been used to …
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Controlling Bodies: Mothers, Adolescents, and Bad Advice
Since the 1990s, medical and media articles containing the word "obesity" inevitably included the word "epidemic" as well. These articles usually pointed to the exponential growth in overweight and obese persons in high-income and low-income countries alike. A recent field of literature called "fat …
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The investigation of eating and lifestyle habits of overweight and obese teenager aged between 13-18 years in Thulamela Municipality
… South Africa) revealed that most teenagers are overweight and obese and that they eat little nutritious food. Obesity and overweight are public health problems and need to be addressed from a community perspective. The reason for exploring this problem in this study was that South Africa has one …
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Body Mass Index and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Washington State
Introduction: Obesity and overweight are a critical public health problem in the United States1,2 and worldwide3. Obesity is affected by multiple factors including socioeconomic status (SES), built environments including opportunities for active transportation and access to supermarkets or fast …
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Compensation Theory: Can Club Soccer Players Appropriately Balance Energy Intake and Output in and out of Season?
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic affecting both adults and children. Obesity and overweight prevalence is increasing, with a corresponding decline in physical fitness and general physical activity level (McHugh, 2010). The college setting presents an important opportunity for health promotion during …
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A Place To Live, Learn, & Play: Increasing Childhood Physical Activity Through The Built Environment
… Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science. The built environment is where human activity occurs in relation to buildings, other structures, and infrastructure within a given community. There has been increasing research examining the association between built …
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Self-esteem, victimisation and perception of peer relationships in obese children and adolescents
Obesity in childhood has been associated with psychosocial problems including low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. Obese children and adolescents are vulnerable to overweight-related victimisation. This too has psychological consequences. This study examined the prevalence of …
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Characterizing the Hypothalamic Functions of Irx3 and Irx5 in Energy Balance Regulation
Obesity and overweight have become growing epidemics around the globe. The homeodomain transcription factors IRX3 and IRX5 are important risk factors of human obesity and key regulators of energy balance, acting in connection with the intronic variants of FTO. Irx3 and Irx5 are expressed in the …
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#Socialsupport for Diet and Physical Activity via Web 2.0: A Qualitative Study of College Women
… the U.S., college students, have high rates of obesity and overweight, and they have a pattern of poor diet and physical inactivity. Emerging adulthood is a key developmental period for building life-long habits and behaviors, and health theory suggests that one’s social environment and amount …
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The characteristics of obesity and being overweight in children living in two Saskatchewan communities
… is limited study of the prevalence of childhood obesity and being overweight in 6 to 9 year old children living in Saskatchewan and Canada using the international standards and measured data. Limited data exists of the prevalence of obesity in rural and small urban communities. In 2000, a …
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Lifestyle practices associated with anthropometric status among students at the University of Venda
… insufficient physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol intake have been linked with an increase in the prevalence of underweight, obesity and overweight. The purpose of the study was to describe lifestyle practices associated with anthropometric status among students at the University of …
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A goal setting approach to a healthy lifestyle in adolescent females
Obesity and overweight, caused by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as physical inactivity and an unbalanced diet, contribute to a multitude of problems for both individuals and the community. The literature has demonstrated that risk factors that contribute to unhealthy lifestyle behaviours …
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Decelerated early growth in infants of overweight and obese mothers
Background: Maternal obesity and overweight now affect a majority of US pregnancies. Evidence indicates that excess maternal weight increases offspring risk of obesity. Patterns of infant weight gain and growth also impact obesity risk; however, the effects of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI on early …
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Early High Sugar Intake in Infants and Later Sugar Intake, BMI, and Body Fat Percentage at 2 and 3 Years of Age
<p>Background: Childhood obesity and overweight are a global health issue. The prevalence of this health issue is increasing. Consumption of high sugar diet that lack healthy nutrients is considered one the main causes of this problem. Childhood obesity is associated with many health problems. …
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A Behavioral Health Intervention for Decreasing Weight Gain in First Year University Students
… proposed to improve health behaviors and decrease weight gain among first-year university students, utilizing a health risk appraisal (HRA), telephone health coaching, and monthly health-related emails. The HRA assessed and provided individualized feedback for several behavioral health …
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Incentives and Barriers to Participation in Community Nutrition Education Programs for Recipients of Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
… of this study was to explore the incentives and barriers perceived by low-income women of child-bearing age related to their participation in nutrition education programs. The specific programs of concern in this study are the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and the Food …
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Childhood Obesity Interventions in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: A Qualitative Study Exploring Government Policies and Their Implementation by Health Practitioners
<p>Because of the rising prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and the observation that efforts to address the problem were showing disappointing results, this study seeks to explore the experiences and views of policymakers, health practitioners, …
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Developing an evidence-based and UK-adapted Mediterranean style diet for healthy eating in overweight/obesity
Introduction In the UK, obesity and overweight contribute to multiple non-communicable diseases (NCDs), increased individual burden and financial burdens on the National Health Service. Excess weight is a modifiable risk factor for the population. The Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) has a long history …
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