scholarly journals The role of parents in shaping good nutrition habits in children

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Magdalena Zielińska ◽  
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Edyta Łuszczki ◽  
Katarzyna Dereń ◽  
Anna Bartosiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Good Nutrition ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Index Level

Introduction and aim of the study: Creating and strengthening correct eating habits in preschool and school age is a basic element of developing healthy lifestyle in children. The greatest role in this significant period for developing specific eating behaviours is played by parents who are not only responsible for providing healthy food, but also the right example to follow. The aim of the study was to analyse children’s eating habits and physical activity depending on body mass index, level of education, and type of their parents’ activities. Materials and methods: The study was conducted in a randomly selected educational institution after obtaining the consent of the school’s headmaster. The participants of the study were children and their parents (N = 80; 52 girls and 28 boys) aged 6 to 13, residents of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. Results: This study shows that mothers with a higher level of education are more likely than mothers with a lower level of education to have children with normal body weight or overweight (p = 0.026). More often, physical education classes were attended by children whose parents regularly take up physical activity, and the time spent by parents on physical activity during the week was a factor affecting their children’s participation in additional sports activities. The children of parents regularly taking up physical activity participated in them more often. Conclusions: Parents, through various processes and behaviours, instil in their children certain mechanisms which are important from the health perspective and can be helpful and contribute to the proper development of nutritional practices.

Food intake, physical activity and quality of life among children and youth

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Emília Martins ◽  
Rosina Fernandes ◽  
Francisco Mendes ◽  
Cátia Magalhães ◽  
Patrícia Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
Definition Of

BACKGROUND: The health-related quality of life construct (QoL) implies a relationship with eating habits (EA) and physical activity (PA). Sociodemographic and anthropometric variables (gender, age and Body Mass Index - BMI) are highlighted in the definition of healthy lifestyle habits promotion strategies. OBJECTIVE: We aim to characterize and relate PA, EA and QoL in children/youth and explore gender, age and BMI influences. METHODS: It is a non-experimental study, with 337 children/youth, ages between 8 and 17 years (12.61±2.96), mostly from the rural inland of Portugal. In data collection we used a sociodemographic and anthropometric questionnaire, a weekly register table of EA and Kid-Kindl (QoL). Statistical analysis (p <  0.05) were performed in SPSS-IBM 25. RESULTS: Lower BMI was associated with better EA (p <  0.001), PA (p <  0.05) and self-esteem (p <  0.01) and worse scores on family subscale of QoL. Female showed higher fruit intake (p <  0.05). The older has shown better results. PA is positively correlated with QoL (p <  0.01) and EA (p <  0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It is important to explore other relevant social and family dimensions, to promote intervention programs with parents, school and community, as well as healthy practices policies. The intervention in these age groups is critical for a longer-term impact in improving healthy life habits.

scholarly journals Are Adolescent Body Image Concerns Associated with Health-Compromising Physical Activity Behaviours?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasa Jankauskiene ◽  
Migle Baceviciene ◽  
Simona Pajaujiene ◽  
Dana Badau
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Sociocultural Attitudes ◽  
Body Image Concerns

The present study aimed to assess the-prevalence of health-compromising eating and physical activity behaviours, and to test their associations with physical activity, internalisation of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance, and body image in a sample of adolescents of both genders. A total sample of 736 adolescents (437 or 59.4% were girls) participated in the study. The participants ranged in age from 16 to 19 years (x = 17.2, SD = 0.6). The sample completed a questionnaire measuring body mass index, the risk of eating disorders, body image, internalisation of sociocultural ideals of appearance, health-compromising eating behaviours (HCEB), and health-compromising weight control related to physical activity behaviours (HCPAB). Logistic regressions were used to assess the associations between the study variables and predictors of HCEB and HCPAB. The results of the study showed a relatively high prevalence of HCEB with a significantly higher prevalence in girls and participants with a higher BMI. The study also demonstrated that the prevalence of adolescent HCPAB was higher than HCEB. The internalisation of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance and body image concerns were higher in the HCEB and HCPAB groups. Female gender (OR = 1.88; 95% PI = 1.10–3.18), HCPAB (OR = 1.19; 95% PI = 1.10–1.28), a preoccupation with being overweight (OR = 3.43; 95% PI = 2.52–4.66), and body weight evaluation as too high (OR = 2.40; 95% PI = 1.57–3.68) were significant predictors of HCEB. More frequent physical activity (OR = 3.02; 95% PI = 1.76–5.17), HCEB (OR = 1.22; 95% PI = 1.11–1.32), and perceived pressures to conform to popular beauty ideals (OR = 1.51; 95% PI = 1.12–2.03) predicted higher HCPAB. HCPAB is an important variable associated with adolescents’ body image, physical activity, and weight control. The results of the present study are important for health promotion and education programs addressing adolescents’ healthy lifestyle, weight control, and body image concerns.

Studentu veselīga dzīvesveida paradumi emocionālai labjūtei

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
Helēna Vecenāne
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Characteristic Parameters ◽  
Emotional Wellness ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Insufficient Physical Activity ◽  
Part Time

In the academic years of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, a total of 122 full-time and part-time students were interviewed from study programmes ‘Teacher’ (LiepU) and ‘Sports Health’ (RSU Liepāja Branch). The research data shows that students should improve their healthy lifestyle habits in the following healthy lifestyle components: physical activity, eating habits and stress management, as 5.1 % of respondents have insufficient physical activity, which is a risk factor for chronic diseases, 37.7 % of students do not control the use of salt and sugar and 28.7 % of students are not using healthy methods to overcome stress. Evaluating students' emotional wellness it can be concluded that 40 % of students are able to maintain their emotional wellness at sufficiently good level, 51 % of students at satisfactory level, but 9 % at unsatisfactory level. Moderately close correlations are found between the following characteristic parameters of a healthy lifestyle component: physical activity, eating habits, stress management. There is a weak correlation between the indicators of emotional wellness and all healthy lifestyle components described in this study, except for the components that characterize the stress management.

scholarly journals Dietary improvement in people with schizophrenia

2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin G. McCreadie ◽  
Ciara Kelly ◽  
Moira Connolly ◽  
Sue Williams ◽  
Gwen Baxter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Scottish Health Survey ◽  
Meal Planning ◽  
Index Level ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundPeople with schizophrenia make poor dietary choices.AimsTo measure the impact of giving free fruit and vegetables for 6 months on eating habits in schizophrenia.MethodWe randomly allocated 102 people with schizophrenia in two areas of Scotland to receive free fruit and vegetables for 6 months, supported by instruction in meal planning and food preparation; free fruit and vegetables alone; or to continue as before. Diet was assessed using the Scottish Health Survey questionnaire. Blood samples to measure micronutrients were taken and mental state, body mass index, level of physical activity and future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) were assessed.ResultsAfter the intervention, those who received free fruit and vegetables, or free fruit and vegetables and associated instruction, were consuming significantly more fruit and vegetables than those in the treatment as usual group. Consumption fell to pre-intervention levels 12 months after the intervention stopped. There was no between-group difference at any time in blood micronutrients, body mass index, physical activity or risk of CHD.ConclusionsThe diet of people with schizophrenia improved when they were given free fruit and vegetables but this was not sustained after withdrawal of the intervention. A support programme added no benefit.

scholarly journals Physical Activity Practice and Healthy Lifestyles Related to Resting Heart Rate in Health Sciences First-Year Students

2019 ◽  
pp. 155982761987866
Author(s):  
Samuel Honório ◽  
Marco Batista ◽  
Raquel Silva
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
First Year Students

The expression lifestyle describes a frame of expressed behaviors, usually in the form of patterns of consumption, that defines how an individual or social group fits into society. It presents as a focus of interest by researchers in this field, who classically favor the study of alcohol consumption, tobacco, eating habits, and physical activity. The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between physical activity and healthy lifestyles, especially in terms of eating habits, tobacco, alcohol consumption, resting habits, and resting heart rate (RHR) in Health Sciences first-year students. A total of 177 students of both genders participated, of whom 31 (17.5%) were male and 146 (82.5%) were female, with a mean age of 20.20 years, from 18 to 30 years. The data collection instrument used was the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire (EVS), using SPSS 21.0 for descriptive statistics and the Cronbach α to evaluate the internal consistency of the questionnaires. A level of significance was adopted with a margin of error of 5% for a probability of at least 95% using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov technique and Mann-Whitney test for comparisons between practitioners’ students and genders. The results obtained demonstrate more favorable results in all variables in students practicing physical activity with significant differences in eating habits and RHR. In terms of gender, there were significant differences in all variables except for eating habits. We conclude that students practicing physical activity present more favorable results in terms of lifestyles combined with lower RHR values, considered as positive factors in terms of quality of life.

scholarly journals The FINUT Healthy Lifestyles Guide: Beyond the Food Pyramid1–3

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 358S-367S ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Gil ◽  
Maria Dolores Ruiz-Lopez ◽  
Miguel Fernandez-Gonzalez ◽  
Emilio Martinez de Victoria
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
General Population ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Cultural Issues

Abstract The WHO has proposed that health be promoted and protected through the development of an environment that enables sustainable actions at individual, community, national, and global levels. Indeed, food-based dietary guidelines, i.e., food pyramids, have been developed in numerous countries to disseminate nutritional information to the general population. However, wider recommendations are needed, with information on an active healthy lifestyle, not just healthy eating. The objective of the present work is to propose a three-dimensional pyramid as a new strategy for promoting adequate nutrition and active healthy lifestyles in a sustainable way. Indeed, the Iberoamerican Nutrition Foundation (FINUT) pyramid of healthy lifestyles has been designed as a tetrahedron, with its 3 lateral faces corresponding to the facets of food and nutrition, physical activity and rest, and education and hygiene. Each lateral face is divided into 2 triangles. These faces show the following: 1) food-based guidelines and healthy eating habits as related to a sustainable environment; 2) recommendations for rest and physical activity and educational, social, and cultural issues; and 3) selected hygiene and educational guidelines that, in conjunction with the other 2 faces, would contribute to better health for people in a sustainable planet. The new FINUT pyramid is addressed to the general population of all ages and should serve as a guide for living a healthy lifestyle within a defined social and cultural context. It includes an environmental and sustainability dimension providing measures that should contribute to the prevention of noncommunicable chronic diseases.

scholarly journals Healthy lifestyle and work stress in nurses in time of the COVID -19 pandemic, at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, Lima, 2020 [Estilo de vida saludable y estrés laboral en enfermera(o)s en tiempo de pandemia COVID -19, en el instituto nacio

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Fanny Raquel León López ◽  
Alda Eliana Orihuela Castro ◽  
María Gioconda Lévano Cárdenas ◽  
María Luisa Trelles Ponce de silva ◽  
Gladys Amelia Coila de la Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Neoplastic Diseases ◽  
Personal Fulfillment

Objective: Determine the healthy lifestyle and work stress in Nurses who care for patients with COVID -19, at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, Lima, 2020. Study: Quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional approach and non-experimental design. Population: it was made up of the 65 nurses who work in the Covid-19 area. Instruments: 2 questionnaires were used: Healthy lifestyle, consisting of 3 dimensions: physical activity, eating habits, sleep dimension. Work stress, which consists of 3 dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal fulfillment. Both instruments with Likert scale were validated by expert judgment with a reliability of 0.8 and 0.7 respectively. The results found that there is a correlation between both variables. In addition, it predominates in nurses who mostly have inadequate healthy lifestyles. Also, the moderate level of stress is a problem affected in their emotional health in times of pandemic. It is concluded that it is important before these health problems require the implementation of improvement plans to promote self-care and avoid occupational health problems.

scholarly journals The importance of holistic intervention in children and adolescent obesity

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-188
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Children And Adolescent

Adolescence is a special stage in the development of obesity and implicitly for interventions to control it. From a nutritional point of view, the adolescent with weight problems is going through an extremely vulnerable period, the increased need of nutrients necessary for the correct physical and mental development being often unsatisfied due to poor eating habits. This article refers to the importance of sport and physical activity of any kind as an adjuvant treatment of childhood obesity and was conceived as a plea for the holistic approach to infantile obesity. The study briefly presents the pathological substrate of childhood obesity (statistics, causes, consequences, methods of diagnosis and treatment) and the solutions considered most effective in ameliorating and curing this problem. It highlights the role of movement in implementing specific treatments for childhood obesity, along with the modern approach to nutrition in contrast to lifestyle, and also the influence of family patterns on the manifestation of exercise and eating habits and their transmission from one generation to another. Evidence based on empirical research in the literature regarding intervention programmes in the treatment of childhood obesity is also presented. Healthy lifestyle modification programmes for weight control in children should be directed by health professionals (primary health care professionals, nutrition/diet professionals, teachers, physical activity professionals), who are specially trained in the field of infantile obesity.

scholarly journals DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS A UNIVERSAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LIFELONG HEALTH

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
RAQUEL BEATRIZ LEITÃO
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Good Nutrition ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
The Individual

There is strong evidence that good nutrition and regular physical activity reduce the risk of several short-term health problems like anaemia or obesity, while also preventing long-term diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis or cardiovascular diseases. It is important, however, to analyse this relationship under a holistic approach to the concept of health, which goes far beyond disease prevention and comprises well-being. From this perspective, health can be seen as the condition that allows the individual to express his full potential as a human being, considering its interdependent dimensions: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, vocational, financial and environmental. A healthy lifestyle, including not only diet and physical activity, but also sleeping patterns, as well as other factors that have influence on mental and social well-being, is crucial for an optimal child development. The present analysis focuses on children´s diet and physical activity as key determinants of health under a life-course approach. We discuss the early origins of health and disease, along with factors associated with the “building” of diet and physical activity habits that set the foundations for lifelong health.

scholarly journals People who use drugs in rehabilitation, from chaos to discipline: Advantages and pitfalls: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0245346
Author(s):  
Nadine Mahboub ◽  
Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar ◽  
Rana Rizk ◽  
Nanne de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
People Who Use Drugs ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Lifestyle Practices

Evidence-based models emphasizing on lifestyle behaviours for the treatment of drug use is still in its infancy. The development of multicomponent effective drug use intervention programs as part of health promotion is crucial to decrease risk of relapse. This study aims at exploring the lifestyle practices including dietary intake, physical activity and sleep of people who use drugs undergoing residential rehabilitation treatment in Lebanon with its perceived benefits and pitfalls. A purposive sample of 18 males and 9 females at different stages of recovery from drug use in rehabilitation centers participated in the qualitative discussions. The six phases thematic analysis revealed three themes: chaotic lifestyle, structuredlifestyle, benefits and pitfalls, and suggestions for making rehabilitation a better experience. Participants discussed their chaotic lifestyle during addiction with poor food intake, disrupted sleep and low physical activity moving to a more disciplined routine enforcing normality in lifestyle practices with social and professionlprofessional support. The early phases of treatment were marked with increased food intake and weight gain perceived as a health indicator and the sole divergent from drugs, moving towards more structured meals and efforts to lose weight in later stages. Lack of variety of Physical activity programs taking into consideration the motivational differences among the participants was also highlighted. Measures for improving rehabilitation services in terms of promoting healthy eating behaviours and environmental control were thoroughly addressed. These findings shed the light on the challenges faced in maintaining a healthy lifestyle in rehabilitation centers and the necessities of addressing them to improve the overall rehabilitation experience, prevent relapse and inform the development of future targeted intervention programs tackling all aspects of behavioural changes.

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