scholarly journals Cómo fomentar la práctica de ejercicio físico a través de los deberes activos en estudiantes universitarios (How to promote exercise among university students through active homework)

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 518-526
Author(s):  
Aina Maria Galmés Panadés ◽  
Josep Vidal Conti
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Health Organization

En España el sedentarismo y la inactividad física son elevados en población adulta e infantil, lo que puede influir en las elevadas tasas de sobrepeso y obesidad. El objetivo fue valorar la acogida de los alumnos ante una intervención sobre los hábitos de ejercicio físico a través de los deberes activos y obtener información para el diseño del estudio principal. Así como innovar en estrategias educativas en el ámbito universitario para el fomento y la concienciación de los hábitos saludables. Desde la asignatura de educación para la salud, optativa del grado en educación primaria, especialidad de educación física, se propuso abordar la problemática del sedentarismo y la inactividad física a través de los deberes activos. Los alumnos (n=47) debían realizar un registro de ejercicio físico, cumpliendo con las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, de manera semanal, a lo largo de toda la asignatura. Para realizar dicho registro los alumnos podían utilizar, en función de la actividad realizada, aplicaciones móviles, pulsómetros o pulseras de actividad, entre otros. Se utilizó la información del registro de los alumnos, así como el foro virtual de la asignatura para la recogida de información.  Con los resultados obtenidos en el proyecto piloto se ha diseñado la intervención para el estudio principal, en el que se recogerán diversos parámetros relacionados con el estado de salud, la actividad física y el sedentarismo, con mayor tamaño muestral, diferenciando entre grupo control y grupo intervención.  Los deberes activos para la promoción del ejercicio físico han resultado ser un trabajo motivante e innovador, que permite el aprendizaje significativo, positivo para el alumno en el aprendizaje, la salud, y el futuro laboral como maestro. Abstract. Sedentarism, physical inactivity, and unhealthy eating habits are lifestyle factors that could have an influence on health status. In Spain, sedentarism and physical inactivity are high in both adults and children, which could have a role in the elevated rates of overweight and obesity in these populations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of an intervention promoting healthy habits to improve students’ global health status by means of the methodology of active homework, as well as to work on self-evaluation as a competence. Moreover, to introduce innovative educational strategies promoting and raising awareness on healthy habits at the university level. From the subject of education for health, an elective course within the bachelor program in primary education, specialty of physical education, we attempt to solve the problem of sedentarism and physical inactivity with active homework. Students (n=47) were asked to create a weekly log of their physical exercise throughout the duration of the course, according to the World Health Organization recommendations. To make this log, students could use apps, heart rate monitors, activity wristbands, etcetera. Students’ log information was combined with that obtained from a virtual forum of the course. We designed the intervention for the principal study based on the results from the pilot project, including the collection of health parameters related with physical activity and sedentarism. The intervention was applied to a larger sample, split into control and intervention groups. The active homework represented a motivational and innovative means to promote physical exercise, giving students the chance to acquire significative learnings, which are positive during the teaching-learning process, as well as better health and professional future.

scholarly journals Modificaciones de la obesidad a través de la implementación de herramientas físico-posturales en escolares (Obesity changes through physical and postural tools in elementary school)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Tamara Espejo Garcés ◽  
Ángel Cabrera Fernández ◽  
Manuel Castro Sánchez ◽  
José Francisco López Fernández ◽  
Félix Zurita Ortega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Implementation Program ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Age Dependent

En la actualidad la inactividad física y el desarrollo de hábitos no saludables desarrollan grandes repercusiones en nuestra sociedad como son la obesidad y otras patologías derivadas de la misma, por lo que consideramos imprescindible la intervención desde la etapa primaria de las escuelas permitiendo realizar modificaciones en dichos hábitos para fomentar elementos saludables en las etapas adultas. Por tanto en este estudio se plantean como objetivos: determinar los niveles de obesidad de los escolares de La Malahá (Granada), establecer posibles relaciones entre las variables, e intervenir con un programa (dimensión física, nutricional y postural) en los escolares. En el presente estudio, realizado en el C.E.I.P San Isidro Labrador de La Malahá (Granada) sobre 95 escolares de siete a 12 años, se trabajan las variables de obesidad, actividad física, influencia de la práctica deportiva por parte de las familias, dedicación al ocio sedentario y hábitos alimenticios. En cuanto a los resultados se detectó que un 21.1% presentaban obesidad (sobrepeso y obesidad) en la fase Pre, una vez realizado el programa de intervención, se manifestó un 15.8% de obesidad. Por tanto como principales conclusiones señala este estudio que un programa de intervención con dimensiones físicas, nutricionales y posturales reduce los índices obesidad por lo que se puede considerar importante sus realización en la etapa escolar para la promoción de hábitos físico - saludables.Abstract. Today, physical inactivity and the development of unhealthy habits lead to higher incidences of obesity and other related diseases with a big impact on our society. For this reason, intervention in elementary school is considered essential to better facilitate the development of healthier habits in the adult stage. This study has three main objectives: to determine the obesity levels among schoolchildren in “La Malahá (Granada)”; to establish possible relationships between variables and to intervene with a program (physical, nutritional and postural dimension) in school. This study was performed in “CEIP San Isidro Labrador of La Malahá (Granada)” in 95 schoolchildren between 7 and 12 years of age. Dependent variables were obesity, physical activity; family influence for doing sport, time spent on sedentary leisure time and eating habits. We found that 21.1% children were obese (overweight and obesity) in the pre-phase, and after the implementation program, only 15.8% of obesity was observed. Therefore, as main conclusions, this research indicates that an intervention program with physical, nutritional and postural dimensions reduces obesity rates, so that we can consider as being important its development in the school stage in order to promote healthy habits.

scholarly journals Relación entre el estado nutricional de niños de kínder y primero básico de dos colegios municipales de la Región del Maule y la percepción de sus padres sobre la Actividad Física y Hábitos Alimentarios

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Cesar Faúndez Casanova ◽  
Eleazar Falcón Canales ◽  
Nicolás Silva Moya ◽  
Vanessa Vergara Peredo ◽  
Víctor Contreras Mellado
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
World Health ◽  
Municipal Schools ◽  
Poor Nutritional Status ◽  
Health Organization

The present study used the recommendations of the World Health Organization to measure nutritional status, doing so through the body mass index. The purpose of the study is to relate the nutritional status of kindergarten and first grade students from two municipal schools in the Maule region with the eating habits and physical activity perceived by the parents. 87 kindergarten and first grade students were evaluated. The results show that in kindergarten overweight and obesity reached (76.2%) respectively, and in first grade an overweight and obesity of (70.6%), however, no greater relationship was found between knowledge of the parents of the importance of physical activity in the life of their children and their nutritional status as well as in the eating habits that they reported of their children in relation to nutritional status. Students are in a nutritional state of risk and the perception of parents is low in terms of the knowledge they have regarding the practice of physical activity and eating habits, being directly related to the poor nutritional status that they present.

Taxing and Marketing Restrictions of “Foods High in Fat, Salt or Sugar” in the EU

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-603
Author(s):  
Paolo R. Vergano ◽  
Blanca Salas Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Eu

According to the World Health Organization (hereinafter, WHO), 38 million people die each year as a consequence of non-communicable diseases (hereinafter, NCDs). NCDs are mainly caused by diet-related factors, but also by physical inactivity and abuse of certain substances. In particular, overweight and obesity reportedly affect more than 10% of men and 14% of women globally and kill as many as 2.8 million people every year.

scholarly journals Growth, the Mediterranean diet and the buying power of adolescents in Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 773-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria G. Grammatikopoulou ◽  
Konstantinos Gkiouras ◽  
Efstratia Daskalou ◽  
Eirini Apostolidou ◽  
Xenophon Theodoridis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Pocket Money ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate associations between pocket money, Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence and growth among Greek adolescents.MethodsA total of 319 (157 boys and 162 girls) Greek adolescents, aged 10–18 years participated in the study. Pocket money was recorded, MD adherence was assessed with the KIDMED score and growth was evaluated using the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts.ResultsParticipants receiving pocket money exceeding 6.0€ daily demonstrated increased fast-food consumption and breakfast skipping. Overall, a negative relationship was revealed between pocket money and obesity. However, lower allowance receivers were less likely to be obese, consume fruit per day and more likely to consume breakfast and sweets, compared to average pocket money receivers. Increased MD adherence was associated with a lower risk of overweight and as expected, unhealthy eating habits were observed among obese adolescents.ConclusionsInterrelationships tend to exist between MD adherence, pocket money and growth among adolescents.

scholarly journals Secular Trends of Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3302
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Dereń ◽  
Justyna Wyszyńska ◽  
Serhiy Nyankovskyy ◽  
Olena Nyankovska ◽  
Marta Yatsula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Obesity In Children

Overweight and obesity, as well as underweight in children and adolescents, pose a significant public health issue. This study aimed to investigate the secular trend of the incidence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in children from Ukraine in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019. The studies were conducted in randomly selected primary and secondary schools in Ukraine. In total, 13,447 children (6468 boys and 6979 girls) participated in the study in 2013/2014 and 18,144 children (8717 boys and 9427 girls) participated in 2018/2019. Measurements of body weight and height were performed in triplicate. Underweight, overweight, and obesity were diagnosed according to the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO). In the group of girls, a significant difference between 2013/2014 and 2018/2019 measurements was found only among 7-year-olds. The percentage of girls at this age exceeding the body mass index (BMI) norm was lower in the 2018/2019 study. In boys, a significant difference was also found in 7-year-olds, and, as in girls, a lower share of overweight and obesity was found in 2018/2019. But for the ages of 12, 13, and 15, the significant differences had a different character—more overweight or obese boys were found in the 2018/2019 study. The proportion of underweight children was similar for the majority of age groups in both genders and did not differ in a statistically significant way.

scholarly journals Overweight and obesity of children in a brazilian elementary school: a comparison of three references

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Marcella Evangelista Melo ◽  
Giovanna Lima Miguéis ◽  
Mikaela Silva Almeida ◽  
Tatiane Dalamaria ◽  
Wagner De Jesus Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Kappa Index ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Organization

Introduction: In the diagnosis of overweight and obesity based on body mass index in children and adolescents, several national and international anthropometric references are recommended. However, there is a divergence in the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity among the references. Objective: To identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity and to analyse the magnitude of agreement among the three references. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 975 students from the early grades of elementary school. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were estimated according to the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and Conde and Monteiro. The Kappa weighted index was calculated to assess the agreement magnitude among the three references. Results: The highest prevalence of overweight and obesity was estimated by the Conde and Monteiro and WHO references, respectively. Overall, the IOTF revealed lower a magnitude of prevalence than the two other references. The agreement among the references identified by the Kappa index had a range of 0.66 to 0.94. Conclusion: Despite the satisfactory agreement among the three references, this research highlighted the differing magnitudes of the prevalence of overweight and obesity. This fact limits the ability to make comparisons among populations and impairs the development of overweight and obesity prevention actions.

scholarly journals A Scoping Review of Policies Related to the Prevention and Control of Overweight and Obesity in Africa

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 4028
Author(s):  
Theodosia Adom ◽  
Anniza De Villiers ◽  
Thandi Puoane ◽  
André Pascal Kengne
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Nutrition And Diet ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Control

To address the issue of obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a set of comprehensive programmes aimed at changing the obesogenic environments to provide opportunities for healthy food options and increased physical activity in the school, home, and at the population level. The objectives of this study were to examine the nature and range of policies related to overweight and obesity prevention in Africa, and to assess how they align with international guidelines. An existing methodological framework was adapted for this scoping review. A search of publicly available national documents on overweight/obesity, general health, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was undertaken from relevant websites, including WHO, ministries, and Google Scholar. Additional requests were sent to key contacts at relevant ministries about existing policy documents. The documents were reviewed, and the policies were categorised, using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity (ANGELO) framework. The framework categorises the environmental drivers of obesity into four domains (physical, economic, legislative, and socio-cultural) and two scales: macro (national, regional, sectors, food industries, media, etc.) and micro (household, institutional, and community). This review included documents from 41 African countries. The policy initiatives to prevent overweight/obesity target the school, family and community settings, and macro environments, and broadly align with global recommendations. The NCD documents were in the majority, with only two on obesity. The majority of the documents detailed strategies and key interventions on unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. The physical, legislative, and sociocultural domains were largely featured, with less emphasis on the economic domain. Additionally, nutrition- and diet-related policies were in the majority. Overlaps and interactions of policies were observed in the application of the ANGELO framework. This study has provided information on national policies and programmes in Africa and can be useful as a first point of call for policymakers. The overlapping and interaction in the initiatives demonstrate the importance of multi-sectoral partnerships in providing supportive environments for healthy behaviours.

scholarly journals Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreia Pelegrini ◽  
Mateus Augusto Bim ◽  
Fernanda Ulsula de Souza ◽  
Karoline Sisnandes da Silva Kilim ◽  
André de Araújo Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
World Health ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Brazilian Children

abstract It is important to know about overweight and obesity situation of Brazilian children and adolescents. The present study aims to update scientific production, through a systematic review, on the prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity in Brazilian children and adolescents. Nine databases were verified, and 1,316 references were examined from 2018 to 2019. The electronic search was conducted by three independent researchers. All review steps followed a strategy based on PRISMA. 40 studies were included in this systematic review. Most studies use the World Health Organization classification criteria. The prevalence of overweight in Brazilian children and adolescents varies from 8.8% to 22.2% (boys: 6.2% to 21%; girls: 6.9% to 27.6%). The prevalence of obesity varied from 3.8% to 24% (boys: 2.4% to 28.9%; girls: 1.6% to 19.4%). It was observed that the socioeconomic factors (sex, skin color, economic level, region, mother's educational level, living in a rented house and without access to the internet), hereditary/genetic (family history of dyslipidemia and overweight and rs9939609 genotype) and behavioral (physical activity, screen time, eating habits, perceived body weight, health vulnerability, presence of a result close to home, alcoholic beverages, cigarette consumption) were associated with the outcome. It is concluded that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Brazilian children and adolescents are worrisome and most of the factors associated with the outcomes are subject to change from the adoption of a healthy lifestyle.

scholarly journals Association between area-level education and the co-occurrence of behavior-related risk factors: a multilevel analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Fernando Boing ◽  
SV Subramanian ◽  
Alexandra Crispim Boing
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Simultaneous Occurrence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Unhealthy Eating

ABSTRACT: Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the association of four different risk factors for chronic diseases and accumulation of these health behaviors with area-level education, regardless of individual-level characteristics in Brazil. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Southern Brazil including 1,720 adults in 2009/2010. The simultaneous occurrence of tobacco smoking, abusive drinking, unhealthy eating habits, and physical inactivity was investigated. Using multilevel models, we tested whether area-level education was associated with each risk factor and with the co-occurrence of them after controlling sociodemographic individual-level variables. Results: We observed a between-group variance of 7.79, 7.11, 6.84 and 1.08% for physical inactivity, problematic use of alcohol, unhealthy eating habits, and smoking, respectively. The between-group variance for the combination of four behaviors was 14.2%. Area-level education explained a significant proportion of the variance observed in physical inactivity and unhealthy eating habits. Residents of low educational level neighborhoods showed a 2.40 (95%CI 1.58 - 3.66) times higher chance of unhealthy eating and 1.78 (95%CI 1.19 - 2.67) times higher chance of physical inactivity. The likelihood of individuals with two or three/four risk factors was simultaneously higher among residents of low educational level neighborhoods. Conclusion: Public policies should consider the area-level characteristics, including education to control risk factors for chronic diseases.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Amongst Bahraini Adolescents Aged 12-15 years Attending Primary Care Health Centers

2019 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Keyword(s):  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Morbidly Obese ◽  
Electronic File ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Health Organization

Background and objective: The increase in obesity amongst adolescents is one of the most important public health concerns in many countries, including the Kingdom of Bahrain. The objective of the current study was to measure the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Bahraini adolescents. This study will aid in a better understanding of the issue and in pursuing preventive measures and campaigns to alleviate the problem. Methods: The weight, height, and body mass index of 9057 Bahraini adolescents was obtained from the Ministry of Health via the nation-wide health electronic file—I-Seha. The final sample consisted of 8463 adolescents; of which 4687 and 3776 were female and males, respectively. References standards from the World Health Organization were used to qualify the adolescents into normal weight, underweight, overweight, obese, and morbidly obese. Results: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 42.3%. Among females the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 21.5% and 20.8%, respectively, whereas in males. the prevalence was 18% and 24.3%, respectively. The lowest prevalence of overweight and obesity was among males aged 15 years (36.4%) and highest among males aged 12 years (47.4%). While in females the prevalence of overweight and obesity was lowest and highest amongst 15-year-olds (38.3%) and 12-year-olds (48.5%). Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is high in adolescents in the Kingdom of Bahrain, especially in the younger age group. This increases the urgency to undertake measures to control the problem in the younger population, in order to reduce serious outcomes.

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