scholarly journals Nutrition, Physical Activity, and New Technology Programs on Obesity Prevention in Primary Education: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10187
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Navidad ◽  
Rosario Padial-Ruz ◽  
Mar Cepero González
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
Published Evidence

Early acquisition of healthy lifestyle habits is crucial for good adult health. For this reason, the primary stage of education is a critical period to implement educational policies in this regard. The aim of this review is to compile the published evidence regarding school interventions at the primary stage aimed at preventing obesity, and which integrate as part of their action plan two features: an improvement in knowledge or nutrition habits and the promotion of physical activity (PA), and the use of new information and communications technologies (ICT) to do this. The method used for this review is the searching of different databases for publications that include these criteria. The results show beneficial effects of such interventions in improved eating habits and increased PA. The effect on BMI is limited, and the use of ICT can be of help at a motivational level for the maintenance and fulfilment of the health objectives. However, studies of this type in elementary school are very limited, so it would be necessary to continue researching on this line. In conclusion, this review demonstrates the suitability of carrying out mixed interventions (improved nutrition and PA) together with the use of new technologies to improve health and prevent obesity at an early age.

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 A childhood obesity prevention programme in Barcelona (POIBA Project): Study protocol of the intervention

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Sánchez-Martínez ◽  
Olga Juárez ◽  
Gemma Serral ◽  
Sara Valmayor ◽  
Rosa Puigpinós ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Preventive Interventions ◽  
School Based ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity

Background: Childhood obesity preventive interventions should promote a healthy diet and physical activity at home and school. This study aims to describe a school-based childhood obesity preventive programme (POIBA Project) targeting 8-to-12- year-old. Design and methods: Evaluation study of a school-based intervention with a pre-post quasi-experimental design and a comparison group. Schools from disadvantaged neighbourhoods are oversampled. The intervention consists of 9 sessions, including 58 activities of a total duration between 9 and 13 hours, and the booster intervention of 2 sessions with 8 activities lasting 3 or 4 hours. They are multilevel (individual, family and school) and multicomponent (classroom, physical activity and family). Data are collected through anthropometric measurements, physical fitness tests and lifestyle surveys before and after the intervention and the booster intervention. In the intervention group, families complete two questionnaires about their children’s eating habits and physical activity. The outcome variable is the cumulative incidence rate of obesity, obtained from body mass index values and body fat assessed by triceps skinfold thickness. The independent variables are socio-demographic, contextual, eating habits, food frequency, intensity of physical activity and use of new technologies. Expected impact for public health: It is essential to implement preventive interventions at early ages and to follow its effects over time. Interventions involving diet and physical activity are the most common, being the most effective setting the school. The POIBA Project intervenes in both the school and family setting and focuses on the most disadvantaged groups, in which obesity is most pronounced and difficult to prevent.

scholarly journals Remotely Supervised Exercise during the COVID-19 Pandemic versus in-Person-Supervised Exercise in Achieving Long-Term Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12198
Author(s):  
Guillermo García Pérez de García Pérez de Sevilla ◽  
Olga Barceló Barceló Guido ◽  
María de la Paz De la De la Cruz ◽  
Ascensión Blanco Fernández ◽  
Lidia B.Alejo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
World Health ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
University Employees ◽  
Supervised Exercise

The World Health Organization’s global action plan on workers’ health establishes that occupational health services should carry out lifestyle interventions within the workplace, to prevent the development of non-communicable diseases. The objective of the study was to compare adherence to a healthy lifestyle six months after completion of a multi-component intervention with remotely supervised physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic versus a multi-component intervention with in-person supervised physical exercise before the COVID-19 pandemic in university employees with unhealthy habits and predisposed to change. A prospective cohort study following the “Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology” (STROBE) guidelines was conducted, with two arms. Each multi-component intervention lasted for 18 weeks, and consisted of education on healthy habits, Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet)-based workshops, and a physical exercise program. Twenty-one middle-aged sedentary university employees with poor adherence to the MedDiet completed the study. Six months after completion of the intervention, both groups increased physical activity levels, adherence to the MedDiet, eating habits, health-promoting lifestyle, health responsibility, and health-related quality of life. There were no differences between groups in any of the variables analyzed. Therefore, remotely supervised physical exercise could be adequate to achieve long-term adherence to a healthy lifestyle in the same way as conventional face-to-face intervention, at least in a population willing to change.

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 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 role of parents in shaping good nutrition habits in children

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Magdalena Zielińska ◽  
◽  
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.

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 A cross-sectional analysis of snacking habits, eating habits, physical activity, and indicators of obesity among high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (s1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intan Lisetyaningrum ◽  
Hening Pujasari ◽  
Kuntarti Kuntarti
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Changes in the lifestyle and eating habits of people in large cities in Indonesia have increased the risk of obesity. In Indonesia, the prevalence of obesity in adolescents increased from 1.6% in 2013 to 4.0% in 2018; in Jakarta, it increased from 4.2% in 2013 to 8.3% in 2018. Obesity is closely related to health behavior in adolescence, and it is a risk factor for the occurrence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to describe the snacking habits, eating habits, physical activity, and indicators of obesity among adolescents in Jakarta. Design and Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design involving 170, 10th–12th grade public high school students in Jakarta Province, recruited using purposive sampling technique. Using standardized instruments, the following surveys were delivered online: The Beverage and Snack Questionnaire, the Eating Habits Questionnaire, and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey Questionnaire (Q78). The Chi-squared test was used to determine the correlation between the study’s variables.Results: The majority of the 170 respondents were female (81.2%). Among the respondents, 11.2% were obese and 6.5% were overweight. Of the 170 respondents 52.4% had the habit of snacking, 64.1% had healthy eating habits, 73.5% engaged in physical activity ≤3 days/week, 79.4% watched TV <3 hours/day, and 61.2% played video games and spent time on computers ≥3 hours/day. The bivariate analysis results showed that there was no significant relationship between snacking habits, eating habits, and physical activity with indicators of obesity (p>0.05).Conclusions: In general, the respondents in our study were found to have a healthy lifestyle, thus helping to prevent the development of an NCD. However, a number of the respondents were overweight and obese.

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