Enhancing healthy habits among overweight and obese children through Serious Games: Review and Technical Analysis

Obesity that begins in childhood results in excess adult mortality estimated at between 50 and 80%. The medical community developed an understanding of obesity as a chronic condition that must be managed on an ongoing basis. An integrated system based on ICT, including games adapted to the age and profile of the children and youth can be the key to support them and their families in the prevention of obesity and the acquisition of healthy habits. Important societal and economic impact is foreseen from the adoption of these technologies. In this paper, Serious Games will be research to remark its potential for fostering desirable health-related behaviors through motivational reinforcement, personalized teaching approaches, and social networking as well as more effective utilization of obesity-related nutrition and lifestyle information.

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Overweight and Obese Children

Yearbook of Endocrinology ◽

10.1016/s0084-3741(08)70333-0 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2006 ◽

pp. 141-144

Author(s):

D.H. Bessesen

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Obese Children ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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A Conceptual Model of Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance: The Importance of Cognitive, Empirical and Computational Approaches

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020635 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 635

Author(s):

Darren Haywood ◽

Blake J. Lawrence ◽

Frank D. Baughman ◽

Barbara A. Mullan

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Weight Loss Maintenance ◽

Computational Approaches ◽

Healthy Habits ◽

Health Related ◽

The One ◽

Major Factors ◽

Positive Social Support ◽

Weight Loss Interventions

Living with obesity is related to numerous negative health outcomes, including various cancers, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Although much is known about the factors associated with obesity, and a range of weight loss interventions have been established, changing health-related behaviours to positively affect obesity outcomes has proven difficult. In this paper, we first draw together major factors that have emerged within the literature on weight loss to describe a new conceptual framework of long-term weight loss maintenance. Key to this framework is the suggestion that increased positive social support influences a reduction in psychosocial stress, and that this has the effect of promoting better executive functioning which in turn facilitates the development of healthy habits and the breaking of unhealthy habits, leading to improved ongoing maintenance of weight loss. We then outline how the use of computational approaches are an essential next step, to more rigorously test conceptual frameworks, such as the one we propose, and the benefits that a mixture of conceptual, empirical and computational approaches offer to the field of health psychology.

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A Residential Summer Camp Can Reduce Body Fat and Improve Health-related Quality of Life in Obese Children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ◽

10.1097/mpg.0b013e3182736f70 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 83-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

William W. Wong ◽

Sarah E. Barlow ◽

Carmen Mikhail ◽

Theresa A. Wilson ◽

Paula M. Hernandez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Body Fat ◽

Summer Camp ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Obese Children ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Improve Health

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Bone health status in relation to body adiposity in obese children and youth enrolled in a hospital-based weight management program

Bone ◽

10.1016/j.bone.2007.04.115 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. S79

Author(s):

N. Sivagurunathan ◽

K. Morrison ◽

S. Atkinson

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Weight Management ◽

Bone Health ◽

Management Program ◽

Children And Youth ◽

Weight Management Program ◽

Obese Children ◽

Body Adiposity

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The health-related quality of life in normal and obese children

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette ◽

10.1016/j.epag.2016.05.001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sahar A. Khairy ◽

Sally R. Eid ◽

Lobna M. El Hadidy ◽

Ola H. Gebril ◽

Amr S. Megawer

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Obese Children ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates

Genus ◽

10.1186/s41118-021-00151-5 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 78 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Helena Cruz Castanheira ◽

José Henrique Costa Monteiro da Silva

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Sex Difference ◽

Health Surveys ◽

Adult Mortality ◽

Data Sources ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Death Registration ◽

Male And Female ◽

Health Related ◽

Mortality Estimates

AbstractThe production, compilation, and publication of death registration records is complex and usually involves many institutions. Assessing available data and the evolution of the completeness of the data compiled based on demographic techniques and other available data sources is of great importance for countries and for having timely and disaggregated mortality estimates. In this paper, we assess whether it is reasonable, based on the available data, to assume that there is a sex difference in the completeness of male and female death records in Peru in the last 30 years. In addition, we assess how the gap may have evolved with time by applying two-census death distribution methods on health-related registries and analyzing the information from the Demographic and Health Surveys and civil registries. Our findings suggest that there is no significant sex difference in the completeness of male and female health-related registries and, consequently, the sex gap currently observed in adult mortality estimates might be overestimated.

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Integrated Smart TV-Based Personal E-Health System

Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch052 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1046-1063

Author(s):

Laura Raffaeli ◽

Susanna Spinsante ◽

Ennio Gambi

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Near Field ◽

User Interaction ◽

Integrated System ◽

Related Services ◽

Biomedical Sensors ◽

Experimental Implementation ◽

Health Related ◽

Smart Tv

This paper discusses the design and experimental implementation of an integrated system for the delivery of health related services, based on different technologies and devices. The idea is to create a unique point of access for the user, towards both a cloud-based remote service for the consultation of medical reports, and a personal local service that allows to collect and display data from biomedical sensors, to manage user's reminders for medicines, and to monitor the patient's dietary habits. The proposed system employs suitable technologies to simplify the user interaction, such as Near Field Communications enabled devices, and a smart TV equipment. By this way, it is possible to effectively deliver telehealth services also to users who may be less familiar with technological equipments, such as older adults, or people living in rural communities. The experimental implementation proves the feasibility of the proposed service, and the possibility to gain users' adherence and compliance, through proper design criteria.

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Building an Integrated Patient Information System for a Healthcare Network

Journal of Cases on Information Technology ◽

10.4018/jcit.2012040103 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 27-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bhushan Kapoor ◽

Martin Kleinbart

Keyword(s):

Information Exchange ◽

Health Information Exchange ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Integrated System ◽

Community Healthcare ◽

Related Information ◽

Patient Health ◽

Health Related ◽

Improving Patient Care

The recent healthcare reform act provides incentive payments to providers for their ‘meaningful use’ of electronic health records to achieve significant improvements in care. The HITECH Act 2009 provides incentives payments through Medicare and Medicaid to clinicians and hospitals when they achieve specified improvements in care delivery. Citrus Valley Health Partners’ (CVHP) goals are bigger than just to comply with the regulations or simply to qualify for incentives, but rather include transforming their business to the next level in care delivery. They are seeking cooperation from their affiliates to build a community health information exchange that will allow CVHP and the affiliates to share and integrate patient health related information between their medical centers and the private physicians in their community. The integrated system will help community healthcare providers to work as a single operating entity focused and aligned on improving patient care, operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.

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Effective Implementation of Culturally Appropriate Tools in Addressing Overweight and Obesity in an Urban Underserved Early Childhood Population in Pediatric Primary Care

Clinical Pediatrics ◽

10.1177/0009922819832088 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 58 (5) ◽

pp. 511-520 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rachel Becker Herbst ◽

Amrik Singh Khalsa ◽

Haley Schlottmann ◽

Mary Kathleen Kerrey ◽

Katherine Glass ◽

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Keyword(s):

Motivational Interviewing ◽

Low Income ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Obese Children ◽

Healthy Habits ◽

Culturally Tailored ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Urban Clinic

Overweight and obese children are at an increased risk of remaining obese. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends addressing healthy habits at well-child checks, but this poses challenges, especially in low-income populations. A clinical innovation project was designed to adapt recommendations in a busy urban clinic and consisted of motivational interviewing, culturally tailored tools, and standardizing documentation. A quasi-experimental design examined innovation outcomes. Of 137 overweight and obese children aged 24 to 66 months, providers’ documentation of weight during well-child check visits improved post-innovation ( P < .01), as did development of healthy habits goals ( P < .001). Families were more likely to return for visits post-innovation ( P = .01). A logistic regression analysis showed that adding body mass index to the problem list and establishing a specific follow-up timeframe most predicted follow-up visits to assess progress ( P < .001). Comprehensive innovations consisting of motivational interviewing, implementation of culturally tailored tools, and standardized documentation can enhance engagement in an urban clinic setting.

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