Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity Prevention (ASSO) in Europe

Adolescents' obesity is a major concern in our modern life that could lead to significant increase in the rate of obese future generations and consequently in the health budget. The ASSO (Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity prevention) project in Italy is tackling this new pandemic using the new e-technology through a multi facets monitoring system on life style including food consumptions, meal patterns and habits, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, fitness and sedentariness, and biological/genetic, and socio-cultural/environmental characteristics of adolescents. The project has been recently piloted in the South of the country. This chapter summarizes the design and structure of the ASSO system, its implementation and the results of an evaluation process for its possible extension to the whole Italian territory and to other European realities as a national surveillance system.

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Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity Prevention (ASSO) in Europe

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2492-2.ch005 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 83-108

Author(s):

Garden Tabacchi ◽

Monèm Jemni ◽

Joao L Viana ◽

Antonino Bianco

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Obesity Prevention ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Future Generations ◽

National Surveillance ◽

Modern Life ◽

Health Budget ◽

Prevention Project ◽

Italian Territory

Adolescents' obesity is a major concern in our modern life that could lead to significant increase in the rate of obese future generations and consequently in the health budget. The ASSO (Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity prevention) project in Italy is tackling this new pandemic using the new e-technology through a multi facets monitoring system on life style including food consumptions, meal patterns and habits, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, fitness and sedentariness, and biological/genetic, and socio-cultural/environmental characteristics of adolescents. The project has been recently piloted in the South of the country. This chapter summarizes the design and structure of the ASSO system, its implementation and the results of an evaluation process for its possible extension to the whole Italian territory and to other European realities as a national surveillance system.

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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity Prevention Project

Medicine ◽

10.1097/md.0000000000003143 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 95 (12) ◽

pp. e3143 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Garden Tabacchi ◽

Antonino Bianco ◽

Nicola Alessi ◽

Anna Rita Filippi ◽

Giuseppe Napoli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Obesity Prevention ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Prevention Project

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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity Prevention Project

Medicine ◽

10.1097/01.md.0000483088.38677.f8 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 95 (17) ◽

pp. e77f8

Keyword(s):

Obesity Prevention ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Prevention Project

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Later sleep timing predicts accelerated summer weight gain among elementary school children: a prospective observational study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ◽

10.1186/s12966-021-01165-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jennette P. Moreno ◽

Javad Razjouyan ◽

Houston Lester ◽

Hafza Dadabhoy ◽

Mona Amirmazaheri ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Observational Study ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Obesity Prevention ◽

Prospective Observational Study ◽

Light Exposure ◽

Activity Level ◽

Activity Levels ◽

School Year ◽

Children’S Sleep

Abstract Objectives and background Social demands of the school-year and summer environment may affect children’s sleep patterns and circadian rhythms during these periods. The current study examined differences in children’s sleep and circadian-related behaviors during the school-year and summer and explored the association between sleep and circadian parameters and change in body mass index (BMI) during these time periods. Methods This was a prospective observational study with 119 children ages 5 to 8 years with three sequential BMI assessments: early school-year (fall), late school-year (spring), and beginning of the following school-year in Houston, Texas, USA. Sleep midpoint, sleep duration, variability of sleep midpoint, physical activity, and light exposure were estimated using wrist-worn accelerometry during the school-year (fall) and summer. To examine the effect of sleep parameters, physical activity level, and light exposure on change in BMI, growth curve modeling was conducted controlling for age, race, sex, and chronotype. Results Children’s sleep midpoint shifted later by an average of 1.5 h during summer compared to the school-year. After controlling for covariates, later sleep midpoints predicted larger increases in BMI during summer, (γ = .0004, p = .03), but not during the school-year. Sleep duration, sleep midpoint variability, physical activity levels, and sedentary behavior were not associated with change in BMI during the school-year or summer. Females tended to increase their BMI at a faster rate during summer compared to males, γ = .06, p = .049. Greater amounts of outdoor light exposure (γ = −.01, p = .02) predicted smaller increases in school-year BMI. Conclusions Obesity prevention interventions may need to target different behaviors depending on whether children are in or out of school. Promotion of outdoor time during the school-year and earlier sleep times during the summer may be effective obesity prevention strategies during these respective times.

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