Childhood obesity and its prevention strategies

2012 ◽  
Vol s2 (01) ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 347-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M.W. Totura ◽  
Holly Lewis Figueroa ◽  
Christopher Wharton ◽  
Flavio F. Marsiglia

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 58-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina A. Robinson ◽  
Megan Geier ◽  
Denise Rizzolo ◽  
Mona Sedrak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Allender ◽  
Liliana Orellana ◽  
Nic Crooks ◽  
Kristy Bolton ◽  
Penny Fraser ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives: To test the effectiveness of the Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity (WHOSTOPS) for behavioural, health related quality of life and Body Mass Index (BMI) outcomes.Design :Cluster randomized trial of ten communities randomly allocated (1:1) to start intervention in 2015(step one) or in 2019 (after 4-years).Setting:Community based trial in South West Victoria, Australia, including all major health and local council agencies.Participants: Data were collected from 59 participating primary schools April-June of 2015 (73% school participation rate); 2017 (69%), and 2019 (63%). Student participation rates were 80% in 2015 (1,792/2,516 invited), 81% in 2017 (2,411/2,963), and 79% in 2019 (2,177/2,720).Interventions: Local leaders, organisations and community members developed obesity prevention interventions and implementation measures using a five phase process to change existing conditions that lead to childhood obesity.Main outcome measures: Measured height and weight (Grades two, four and six), self-reported behavioural, and health-related quality of life (Grade four and six).Results: There was an intervention by time interaction in both age and sex standardizedBMI (BMIz) (p=0.031)and obesity/overweight prevalence (p=0.006). The control communities remained unchanged whereas BMIz and overweight/obesity prevalence decreased between 2015 and 2017 and increased between 2017 and 2019 in intervention communities. The intervention reduced take away food consumption (p=0.006) and improved physical (p=0.036) and global (p=0.036) health related quality of life. Water consumption increased among girls (p=0.019)as did energy-dense and nutrient poor snack consumption (p=0.015) and take-away food consumption among boys (p= 0.012). BMIz of the grade two cohort steadily increased.Conclusions: WHOSTOPS had a positive impact on takeaway food intake and health-related quality of life.Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR): 12616000980437.Registered 26 July 2016 - Retrospectively registered https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Valerio ◽  
Sergio Bernasconi

AbstractCurrent prevention strategies focusing only around the energy balance model have been found insufficient to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. Originating from the paper by Baranowski et al., recently published in Current Nutrition Report, this Commentary is aimed at discussing the complex etiology of obesity, on the ground of new biological models, which open a novel biobehavioral perspective of prevention.


Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 353-364
Author(s):  
Gema Luciañez Sánchez ◽  
Anna Solé-Llussà ◽  
Cristina Valls Bautista

  La obesidad se ha convertido en un serio problema de salud a nivel mundial y en particular, la obesidad infantil es un problema actual que requiere la intervención en muchos ámbitos, entre ellos el ámbito escolar. Desde las aulas, esta problemática se considera únicamente, como el aumento en el consumo de energía, a través de alimentos ricos en azúcares y grasas, dándole un enfoque simplista, cuando menos. En este sentido, resultaría necesario que los docentes conocieran la importancia de la mayoría de los factores que influyen en un aumento de la obesidad, no sólo el estilo de vida y una dieta saludable, sino otros como la exposición a los disruptores endocrinos, la genética, la cronodisrupción o la microbiota. El objetivo del presente artículo es hacer una revisión de los principales factores implicados en el desarrollo de la obesidad que permita a los docentes planificar estrategias de prevención de la obesidad holísticas desarrollando en el alumno competencias y hábitos saludables. Abstract. Obesity has become a serious health problem worldwide and, in particular, childhood obesity. Obesity is a current problem that requires intervention in many areas, including education. From school, obesity is considered as the increase in energy consumption through foods rich in sugars and fats, giving this problem a simplistic approach when it really is a complex illness. In this sense, it would be necessary for teachers to know the importance of the different factors that influence an increase in obesity, a lifestyle and a healthy diet, exposure to endocrine disruptors, genetics, chronodisruption, or the microbiota. This article aims to review the main factors involved in the development of obesity that allows teachers to plan holistic obesity prevention strategies by developing healthy skills and habits in the student.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 513-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen J. Nadeau ◽  
David M. Maahs ◽  
Stephen R. Daniels ◽  
Robert H. Eckel

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