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Childhood obesity
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Essays on childhood obesity
This dissertation consists of three essays on childhood obesity. The first essay, “What Money Can Buy: Family Income and Childhood Obesity” investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). …
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Food Environment and Childhood Obesity
… food stores that have fresh produce, affects obesity prevalence among elementary school children in the state of Arkansas. Misclassified food outlet types in the Dun and Bradstreet commercial data set were first corrected and then food environment measures were computed and aggregated to …
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Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Diabetes
… health concerns that have been on the rise is childhood obesity and diabetes. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that approximately one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese with 17% meeting criteria for obesity (Pulgaron and Delamater, 2014). …
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Caesarean section delivery and childhood obesity
… found to be associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. Various mechanisms that differ by birth mode, including differences in the vaginal and faecal microflora and stress hormone concentration have been suggested to underpin this association. The literature describing this …
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Childhood Obesity and the Home Environment
The prevalence and severity of childhood overweight has climbed dramatically in the past three decades and is recognized as a serious public health concern that requires urgent action. The home environment has been identified as a key influence on the diet and physical activity of children. …
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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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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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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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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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Temperament, parenting, and the development of childhood obesity
… the age-related trajectories of overweight and obesity from toddlerhood into childhood and (b) to investigate the associations between these trajectories and children’s temperaments, their parents’ parenting practices and their interactions. Potentially important familial characteristics (i.e., …
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Study of Erythroid Antioxidant Depletion in Childhood Obesity
Obesity and overweight currently affects one third of children worldwide, and approximately 60% of cases present concomitant metabolic alterations that could trigger future complications. Among these alterations, insulin resistance has been identified as a forerunner state in the onset of …
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Socioeconomic inequalities of childhood obesity in South Africa
Obesity is a public health concern in both high- and low-middle income countries. In South Africa obesity is not only limited to adults but is also evidenced in children. In order to contribute useful insights for developing effective obesity policy and programme interventions, this study assesses …
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Development of the Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms -- Childhood Obesity Model
… project developed a model to account for an obesity outcome in children who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and whose parents have posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) or PTSD. A literature review provided the basis for the model and covered the areas of childhood obesity, parental …
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Childhood Obesity Fieldwork Summary Report: The Food Education Project
<p>Childhood Obesity and diabetes is on the rise and the health risk for developing various diseases is a major public health issue. This paper examines the public health issue on childhood obesity and diabetes. This paper explains the importance and magnitude of this problem by providing …
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A Primary Care Intervention for Management of Childhood Obesity
… of PCPs and establish a standard of care around obesity management.Methods: We developed “A Pound of Cure” (POC), a series of modularized office visits for use by PCPs, founded on the 2007 Expert Committee Recommendations. This program was piloted and efficacy established at an urban clinic with …
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Childhood obesity in Ireland: recent trends and modifiable determinants
Background: Childhood obesity is a global epidemic posing a significant threat to the health and wellbeing of children. To reverse this epidemic, it is essential that we gain a deeper understanding of the complex array of driving factors at an individual, family and wider ecological level. Using a …
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Examining Causal Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing
Childhood obesity is a rapidly escalating public health crisis, with prevalence rates increasing from 4% in 1975 to 18% in 2016 among children aged 5-19 years worldwide. This rise in obesity may contribute to the secular trend towards earlier pubertal development on a global scale. Both childhood …
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A systematic review of economic evaluations involving childhood obesity
… of policy development. In developing countries, childhood obesity is becoming increasingly prevalent and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This study, therefore, examines the economic evaluations around childhood obesity and its interventions. METHODS: A search was conducted …
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