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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of childhood obesity in Iquitos, Peru: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Childhood obesity is an urgent worldwide concern associated with increased morbidity in adulthood. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are well placed to influence childhood obesity trends and implement interventions.
Jo F. Lai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons on early childhood obesity prevention interventions from the Victorian Infant Program

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2019
Early childhood provides an opportunity to support parents to promote a range of healthy behaviours at a time of high engagement with family-focused health services. The Infant Program is believed to be the first of its kind to address healthy behaviours
Penelope Love   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing enhancements to well-child visits in the prevention of obesity: ENCIRCLE cluster-randomized controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Obesity disproportionally impacts rural, lower-income children in the United States. Primary care providers are well-positioned to engage parents in early obesity prevention, yet there is a lack of evidence regarding the most effective care ...
Lisa Bailey-Davis   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

It\u27s all in the lens: Differences in views on obesity prevention between advocates and policy makers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Intervention strategies to reduce obesity include policy and environmental changes that are designed to provide opportunities, support, and cues to help people develop healthier behaviors.
Bailey, Jessica H   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Physical activity and sleep changes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesnpj Digital Medicine
Daily routines, including in-person school and extracurricular activities, are important for maintaining healthy physical activity and sleep habits in children.
Karnika Singh   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preschool growth and nutrition service - addressing common nutritional problems: a community based primary care led intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Childhood obesity has been prioritised by the World Health Organization in a recent report, which calls for a holistic multiagency approach to tackling and reducing future risks of obesity and its associated co-morbidities.
Ross, Samantha, Wright, Charlotte
core   +1 more source

The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of household food insecurity with sociodemographic factors and obesity in US youth: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–2018

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe objective is to determine the prevalence of household food insecurity (HFI) based on sociodemographic factors and their relationship to obesity in youth.MethodsThe study included a sample of 1,962 youth (aged 6–18) from the National Health ...
Amin Mokari-Yamchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is BMI alone a sufficient outcome to evaluate interventions for child obesity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: BMI is often used to evaluate the effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions, but such interventions may have additional benefits independent of effects on adiposity.
Chadwick, P   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

From omics to AI—mapping the pathogenic pathways in type 2 diabetes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Integrating multi‐omics data with AI‐based modelling (unsupervised and supervised machine learning) identify optimal patient clusters, informing AI‐driven accurate risk stratification. Digital twins simulate individual trajectories in real time, guiding precision medicine by matching patients to targeted therapies.
Siobhán O'Sullivan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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