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Measuring the obesogenic environment of childhood obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Obesity prevalence has accelerated over the last two decades and is predicted to continue to rise, bringing with it increased morbidity and mortality as well as rising dramatically health care costs.
Procter, Kimberley Lonsdale
core   +7 more sources

Patient-reported outcome measures can advance population health, but is access to instruments and use equitable?

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Patient reported outcome measures (PROM) can engage patients and clinicians to improve health outcomes. Their population health impact may be limited by systematic barriers inhibiting access to completion.
Carolyn F. McCabe   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation plan and recommendations - ‘Can’t Wait to be Healthy’: A briefing paper on evaluation for Leeds Childhood Obesity Prevention and Weight Management Strategy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The rise in childhood obesity is a major public health challenge and a national priority for health action. Obesity is associated with many illnesses and is directly related to increased mortality and lower life expectancy. The Children’s Plan recognises
South, J, Kime, NH
core   +8 more sources

Protocol for the development of Core Outcome Sets for Early intervention trials to Prevent Obesity in CHildren (COS-EPOCH)

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Childhood overweight and obesity is prevalent in the first 5 years of life, and can result in significant health and economic consequences over the lifetime.
Marj Moodie   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sorry Parents, Children Consume High Amounts of Candy before and after a Meal: Within-Person Comparisons of Children’s Candy Intake and Associations with Temperament and Appetite

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Candy provides little nutritional value and contributes to children’s energy intake from added sugars. Factors influencing children’s candy intake remain largely unknown.
Erika Hernandez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circulating FGF21 vs. Stress Markers in Girls during Childhood and Adolescence, and in Their Caregivers: Intriguing Inter-Relations between Overweight/Obesity, Emotions, Behavior, and the Cared-Caregiver Relationship

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) acts on several brain regions, including the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, which is involved in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
Eirini V. Christaki   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical Activity and Food Frequency in Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2023
Background & aim: Women spend more than a third of their lives in menopause, and paying attention to their health is one of the most important health issues.
Homeyra Nournezhad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A patient-centered, coordinated care approach delivered by community and pediatric primary care providers to promote responsive parenting: pragmatic randomized clinical trial rationale and protocol

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Economically disadvantaged families receive care in both clinical and community settings, but this care is rarely coordinated and can result in conflicting educational messaging.
Jennifer S. Savage   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention reduces infant’s screen time and television exposure

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background Sedentary behaviors, including screen time, in childhood have been associated with an increased risk for overweight. Beginning in infancy, we sought to reduce screen time and television exposure and increase time spent in interactive play as ...
Elizabeth L. Adams   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of a Classroom Version of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger Paradigm in Preschoolers

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), a measure of children's propensity to eat beyond satiety in the presence of highly palatable food, has been associated with childhood obesity and later binge eating behavior. The EAH task is typically conducted in a
Emily E. Hohman   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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