Lauren Lissner, Ending Childhood Obesity in the Nordic Countries workshop, 16-17.11.2016. Nordic Welfare States and Public Health - A Need for Transformative Change? -conference.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Integration_Pablo Stansbery_10.16.13CORE Group
This document discusses early childhood development and provides information on several topics:
1. It outlines key periods in a child's development from prenatal to age 8 and factors that influence development such as caregivers, home environment, and early learning.
2. It presents data on access to early childhood education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Mozambique showing increases from 1999 to 2010 but that access remains low.
3. It discusses the benefits of early childhood development/preschool programs in Mozambique in increasing school enrollment and attendance as well as improving behaviors, hygiene practices and children's time, while having no impact on reducing stunting.
This presentation on New Zealand's approach to HIV prevention was given by Shaun Robinson, Executive Director NZ AIDS Foundation, at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
An online biosurveillance system called sickchildcare.org was implemented to monitor gastrointestinal and influenza-like illnesses in child care centers. The system collected daily illness reports from participating centers starting in 2013. Compared to state surveillance data, sickchildcare.org identified illness outbreaks up to one week earlier and detected more cases during the study period. The results suggest web-based surveillance of child care centers provides an effective method for early detection of outbreaks and has potential for year-round illness monitoring.
Suzanne Harte will present a confirmation seminar on her research exploring eating behaviors in 3-5 year olds in early education and care settings. She has a PhD in nutrition and dietetics and operates two children's dietetic clinics. The seminar will be chaired by Dr. Helen Vidgen and include panel members from QUT's schools of exercise and nutrition sciences, psychology and counseling, and education. Harte's research will qualitatively examine how nutrition guidelines are implemented in early education centers, feeding practices, children's eating behaviors, and perceptions of eating occasions from children, caregivers and parents. The goal is to contribute to the limited research on acquiring healthy eating behaviors in early education in Australia and provide perspectives
This document discusses breastfeeding patterns and experiences in Northern Ireland and Ireland. It finds that while initiation rates are high, rates decline over subsequent months. Lower initiation among younger mothers may be due to socio-cultural factors. Surveys show high public support for breastfeeding but lower rates of seeing it as the optimal feeding method. The document concludes that core challenges are low initiation rates and that socio-cultural determinants are key influences, suggesting a need for better data to inform solutions.
Factors Associated with Growth in the First 1,000 Days CHECKLEYCORE Group
CORE Group GHPC15
October 8, 2015
Concurrent Session: Factors Associated with Growth in the First 1,000 Days: Translating Evidence into Programs for Stunting, Wasting, and the Double Burden of Malnutrition
This document summarizes research examining the relationship between early childhood health and cognitive outcomes using data from the Growing Up in Ireland survey. The research finds that some measures of child ill health are associated with significantly lower vocabulary and reasoning test scores at age 5, independent of demographics, socioeconomic factors, and educational environment. Specifically, conditions impacting daily life and poor health as reported by caregivers showed associations with lower scores. While the health factors explained only a small percentage of test score variation, the effect sizes were not insubstantial. The conclusions call for further research using larger datasets to examine additional health measures and older age groups.
CO-CREATE official opening presentation by professor Deanna HoelscerFolkehelseinstituttet
A consortium of 14 international research and advocacy organisations met in Oslo, Norway, 27-28 June 2018 to kick off the ground-breaking project CO-CREATE, to tackle overweight and obesity in young people. This is one of three presentations from the kick off meeting. The CO-CREATE project web site is http://www.co-create.eu
Advantages and Disadvantages of Integration_Pablo Stansbery_10.16.13CORE Group
This document discusses early childhood development and provides information on several topics:
1. It outlines key periods in a child's development from prenatal to age 8 and factors that influence development such as caregivers, home environment, and early learning.
2. It presents data on access to early childhood education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Mozambique showing increases from 1999 to 2010 but that access remains low.
3. It discusses the benefits of early childhood development/preschool programs in Mozambique in increasing school enrollment and attendance as well as improving behaviors, hygiene practices and children's time, while having no impact on reducing stunting.
This presentation on New Zealand's approach to HIV prevention was given by Shaun Robinson, Executive Director NZ AIDS Foundation, at the AFAO Members Forum - May 2015.
An online biosurveillance system called sickchildcare.org was implemented to monitor gastrointestinal and influenza-like illnesses in child care centers. The system collected daily illness reports from participating centers starting in 2013. Compared to state surveillance data, sickchildcare.org identified illness outbreaks up to one week earlier and detected more cases during the study period. The results suggest web-based surveillance of child care centers provides an effective method for early detection of outbreaks and has potential for year-round illness monitoring.
Suzanne Harte will present a confirmation seminar on her research exploring eating behaviors in 3-5 year olds in early education and care settings. She has a PhD in nutrition and dietetics and operates two children's dietetic clinics. The seminar will be chaired by Dr. Helen Vidgen and include panel members from QUT's schools of exercise and nutrition sciences, psychology and counseling, and education. Harte's research will qualitatively examine how nutrition guidelines are implemented in early education centers, feeding practices, children's eating behaviors, and perceptions of eating occasions from children, caregivers and parents. The goal is to contribute to the limited research on acquiring healthy eating behaviors in early education in Australia and provide perspectives
This document discusses breastfeeding patterns and experiences in Northern Ireland and Ireland. It finds that while initiation rates are high, rates decline over subsequent months. Lower initiation among younger mothers may be due to socio-cultural factors. Surveys show high public support for breastfeeding but lower rates of seeing it as the optimal feeding method. The document concludes that core challenges are low initiation rates and that socio-cultural determinants are key influences, suggesting a need for better data to inform solutions.
Factors Associated with Growth in the First 1,000 Days CHECKLEYCORE Group
CORE Group GHPC15
October 8, 2015
Concurrent Session: Factors Associated with Growth in the First 1,000 Days: Translating Evidence into Programs for Stunting, Wasting, and the Double Burden of Malnutrition
This document summarizes research examining the relationship between early childhood health and cognitive outcomes using data from the Growing Up in Ireland survey. The research finds that some measures of child ill health are associated with significantly lower vocabulary and reasoning test scores at age 5, independent of demographics, socioeconomic factors, and educational environment. Specifically, conditions impacting daily life and poor health as reported by caregivers showed associations with lower scores. While the health factors explained only a small percentage of test score variation, the effect sizes were not insubstantial. The conclusions call for further research using larger datasets to examine additional health measures and older age groups.
CO-CREATE official opening presentation by professor Deanna HoelscerFolkehelseinstituttet
A consortium of 14 international research and advocacy organisations met in Oslo, Norway, 27-28 June 2018 to kick off the ground-breaking project CO-CREATE, to tackle overweight and obesity in young people. This is one of three presentations from the kick off meeting. The CO-CREATE project web site is http://www.co-create.eu
THE IMPACT OF WESTERN MEDIA ON BODY IMAGEKarina Pinzon
The document discusses a study that compared the impact of Western media exposure on body image between Fijian and English-speaking girls. It summarizes a previous experiment that found exposure to Western television increased indicators of disordered eating in media-naïve Fijian girls. This study compared effect sizes from the previous experiment to other studies on English-speaking girls and found similar magnitudes, suggesting media exposure causally impacts body dissatisfaction.
Prevalence of malnutrition_and_associated_factors_AmanualNuredin
This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Hidabu Abote district, North Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 8-23, 2012 using a multistage sampling method to select 820 children. The analysis revealed that 47.6% of children were stunted, 30.9% were underweight, and 16.7% were wasted. Main factors associated with stunting included child age, family monthly income, receiving butter as a pre-lacteal feeding, and family planning practices. Underweight was associated with number of children in the household and receiving butter as a pre-lacteal feeding
Hiv negative children delivered by hiv positive mothers Sarah Agbonkhese
1) The document analyzes clinical and laboratory data from 89 HIV-positive mothers and their 89 HIV-negative children born in Grodno, Belarus.
2) Most (71.8%) of the HIV-positive mothers were in the first clinical stage of HIV infection and received antiretroviral treatment during pregnancy. 91% delivered by cesarean section and 95.5% did not breastfeed.
3) While vertical HIV transmission was prevented, 30% of the HIV-exposed children had low birth weight or height. Respiratory infections and anemia were common in the first year of life.
Factors contributing to malnutrition among HIV positive children aged between...iosrjce
The objective of the study was to identify factors contributing to malnutrition among HIV positive
children aged between 6 and 60 months. The study utilized a non experimental descriptive design. It was a
hospital based study conducted at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital pediatric wards. A total of 30 children and
30 caregivers were recruited through convenience sampling. The children had a confirmed diagnosis of
malnutrition, confirmed HIV positive, aged between 6 and 60 months and had to have a present caregiver
during data collection. There were no dropouts. The main outcome measure were anthropometric measurements
of the children namely; height, weight and mid upper arm circumference and the various stressors contributing
to malnutrition. Twenty-two (73.33%) children were males and 8 (26.66%) were females. Contributing factors
to malnutrition identified were presence other illnesses such as diarrhea, pneumonia, tuberculosis and
kwashiorkor, 19 (63.33%), low socioeconomic status (earned less than USD$100 dollars per month), 16
(53.33%), coming from a family with more than 5 dependants 11 (36.67%), not being on ART 15 (50%), and
birth weight below or equal to 2500g 6 (20%). The major contributing factors to malnutrition were
extrapersonal stressors (54.83) interpersonal stressors (30.28%) and intrapersonal stressors (29.76%).
M.W.vander.Burgh-The relationship between parents’ perceived physical and soc...Marrit van der Burgh
1. The study investigated the relationship between parents' perceptions of the physical and social neighbourhood environment and the reported outdoor play duration of children.
2. The results found that a lack of friends in the neighbourhood, lack of adult supervision, and presence of loitering youth were related to less outdoor play time for children according to parents.
3. Children whose parents were dissatisfied with traffic safety or boys whose parents were more satisfied with their neighbourhood played more minutes outdoors compared to others.
Lauren Lissner, Pester-power and screen time in relation to weight status in ...THL
This document summarizes findings from the IDEFICS study on childhood obesity. It discusses factors like screen time, food marketing, and "pester power" that influence childhood obesity. The IDEFICS study involved surveys and interventions in 8 countries with over 16,000 children ages 2-9. The study found the interventions were more effective at normalizing weight in children who were already overweight at baseline, but did not significantly impact sedentary behaviors. Targeted prevention for those with weight problems may be more effective than universal prevention alone. The document concludes with suggestions for health nudges and possibilities for structural changes in Nordic countries.
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The document discusses the importance of nutrition and healthy eating for children. It provides statistics showing that obesity rates are high and rising both nationally and in the Northern Territory of Australia, with over 20% of children overweight. Children in the NT are particularly unlikely to eat the daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables. Childhood obesity can have both short-term consequences like poor self-esteem and long-term health risks like cardiovascular disease if obesity continues into adulthood. Improving children's nutrition is vital for their health and development.
This document discusses neonatal mortality measurement and summarizes recent developments. It covers:
1) Neonatal mortality rates can now be estimated annually through improved surveys, though data reliability remains a concern. Pregnancy history modules may better capture neonatal deaths.
2) Estimates of neonatal causes of death have been improved through increased country data, especially for large countries like India and China. Rates of infections and tetanus appear to be declining in some areas.
3) Surveys can be improved by modifying questions to better capture neonatal mortality and stillbirths, and through follow up verbal autopsies to obtain cause of death data for over 75% of neonatal deaths dependent on surveys.
Evaluation of Immunization Coverage among Children between 12 - 23 Months of ...QUESTJOURNAL
Introduction:Immunization is one of the well known and most effective method of preventing childhood diseases. Aims And Objectives:1) To describe socio-demographic profile of children between 12-23 months of age attending immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. 2) To Evaluate the factors affecting immunization status among children between 12-23 months of age attending immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional and descriptive type. Place of study was immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. Study duration was from 1 September to 30 November 2016. Results: In the present study 110 Children were studied in which maximum number were 19 months of age. Majority were hindu (79.9%) male(63.6%) of Urban locality(92.7%). Education of the parents was found to be significantly associated with the immunization status of children. Conclusion: Increasing the literacy status of the parents can alone can bring a major difference in immunization coverage among Children.
The study identified 11 factors that contribute to stunting in children under 5 years old in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The strongest associated factor was complications during pregnancy like intrauterine growth restriction. Other significant factors included mid-parental height less than 150cm, low household income, low birth weight, use of pacifiers, lower maternal education, unemployed fathers, anemia in children, bottle feeding, lack of minimum dietary diversity, and care by babysitters. Addressing these maternal, socioeconomic, childcare and nutritional factors through community interventions and policies could help reduce the high prevalence of stunting in Putrajaya.
The document summarizes a student research project that studied the association between food insecurity and academic performance among undergraduate students at Indiana University. The researchers hypothesized that food insecurity would be associated with lower GPAs. They conducted an anonymous online survey of over 100 students measuring food insecurity and GPA. Their results found that 33.9% of respondents experienced some level of food insecurity, and those who were food insecure on average had lower GPAs. They concluded that there is a statistically significant association between food insecurity and lower academic performance.
This study analyzed the incidence of overweight/obesity in 242 preschool children in Florianopolis, Brazil over 2 years (2008-2010). The incidence of new overweight/obesity cases was 4.05% over the study period. The accumulated incidence rate was 20.25 cases/year/1000 children and the incidence density rate was 20.65 cases/year/1000 person-years. After adjustment for factors like gender, age, family income and parents' education, none were found to be significantly associated with the incidence of overweight/obesity in this population of preschool children.
Correlation between Eating Habits and Nutritional StatusJanrey Tiña
This study examined the correlation between eating habits and nutritional status of students from grade 7 to 10 at PNU-ITL. A questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were used to assess eating habits and nutritional status. The findings showed that most students had a normal BMI and ate breakfast, dinner at home, and three meals daily. There was a strong positive correlation found between healthy eating habits and good nutritional status. The study concluded that students with better eating habits tended to have a normal BMI. Recommendations included helping students maintain positive eating habits.
Childhood obesity treatment literature reviewAmber Breidel
This document provides summaries of several studies related to childhood obesity treatment:
- One study found no significant differences in anthropometric measures between intervention and control groups for adolescent obesity treatment in Kuwait over 6 months.
- A Swedish study is evaluating the effectiveness of different approaches to treat preschool obesity and expects the treatment will improve both primary and secondary outcomes.
- A study evaluated a group medical visit program for treating obesity in an underserved community and found reductions in BMI z-score and improvements in lifestyle factors and empowerment measures.
- A study found that participants in a two-year multidisciplinary weight management program maintained treatment effects and did not significantly change BMI z-scores between post-treatment and 24
Latent Class Analysis of Adolescent Health Behaviorsasclepiuspdfs
This document discusses a study that uses latent class analysis to identify patterns of health behaviors among adolescents ages 10-19 using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The study examines eight health behaviors - sleep, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, physician visits, meal autonomy, wearing braces, general health assessment, and tattoos. Latent class analysis identified three distinct classes of adolescents - healthy, moderately healthy, and unhealthy - based on their responses to questions about these behaviors. The classes differed for males and females. The study aims to characterize adolescent health behaviors without including parental attributes.
South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016: Key Indicators Report, 2016Statistics South Africa
The South African Demographic and Health Survey is a sample survey that was conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the South African Medical Research Council on behalf of the National Department of Health. The survey collected data from sampled households in the country between June and November 2016, with variables measuring health, fertility, nutrition and family planning, among others. The results of the survey will be used to measure the health status of South Africans as well as the coverage and quality of selected health programmes. The survey will also provide estimates on child and maternal mortality, fertility rates, and the prevalence of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, among others.
Download the full report here: www.statssa.gov.za
This document summarizes a study that examined the relationship between physical activity, screen time, and subjective health complaints in Irish schoolchildren aged 10-17. The study found that a high percentage of children reported health complaints weekly or more, and that girls reported higher rates than boys. Children who met screen time recommendations of 2 hours or less per day had a higher risk of health complaints than those meeting physical activity guidelines. Children meeting neither guideline were at highest risk. The researchers concluded that targeting reductions in screen time may be particularly important for policies aimed at improving children's health and wellbeing.
What are the causes and effects of childhood obesity, and what strategies can health and government bodies use to tackle the issue? Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, President of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), examines scientific data and presents recommendations. This presentation was delivered as part of a Global Active City and Ciudad Activa Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2018. EASO is a supporting partner of the Active Well-being Initiative, which runs the Global Active City programme. The world’s first Global Active Cities are Buenos Aires, Hamburg, Lillehammer, Liverpool, Ljubljana, and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Visit http://www.activewellbeing.org or follow @AWBInitiative on Twitter.
Critical appraisal of child health policies, programs, guidelines and their i...Mohammad Aslam Shaiekh
Critical Appraisal of Child Health Policies, Programs, Guidelines and Their Implementation Strategies and Review the Current Status of National Context
THE IMPACT OF WESTERN MEDIA ON BODY IMAGEKarina Pinzon
The document discusses a study that compared the impact of Western media exposure on body image between Fijian and English-speaking girls. It summarizes a previous experiment that found exposure to Western television increased indicators of disordered eating in media-naïve Fijian girls. This study compared effect sizes from the previous experiment to other studies on English-speaking girls and found similar magnitudes, suggesting media exposure causally impacts body dissatisfaction.
Prevalence of malnutrition_and_associated_factors_AmanualNuredin
This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Hidabu Abote district, North Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 8-23, 2012 using a multistage sampling method to select 820 children. The analysis revealed that 47.6% of children were stunted, 30.9% were underweight, and 16.7% were wasted. Main factors associated with stunting included child age, family monthly income, receiving butter as a pre-lacteal feeding, and family planning practices. Underweight was associated with number of children in the household and receiving butter as a pre-lacteal feeding
Hiv negative children delivered by hiv positive mothers Sarah Agbonkhese
1) The document analyzes clinical and laboratory data from 89 HIV-positive mothers and their 89 HIV-negative children born in Grodno, Belarus.
2) Most (71.8%) of the HIV-positive mothers were in the first clinical stage of HIV infection and received antiretroviral treatment during pregnancy. 91% delivered by cesarean section and 95.5% did not breastfeed.
3) While vertical HIV transmission was prevented, 30% of the HIV-exposed children had low birth weight or height. Respiratory infections and anemia were common in the first year of life.
Factors contributing to malnutrition among HIV positive children aged between...iosrjce
The objective of the study was to identify factors contributing to malnutrition among HIV positive
children aged between 6 and 60 months. The study utilized a non experimental descriptive design. It was a
hospital based study conducted at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital pediatric wards. A total of 30 children and
30 caregivers were recruited through convenience sampling. The children had a confirmed diagnosis of
malnutrition, confirmed HIV positive, aged between 6 and 60 months and had to have a present caregiver
during data collection. There were no dropouts. The main outcome measure were anthropometric measurements
of the children namely; height, weight and mid upper arm circumference and the various stressors contributing
to malnutrition. Twenty-two (73.33%) children were males and 8 (26.66%) were females. Contributing factors
to malnutrition identified were presence other illnesses such as diarrhea, pneumonia, tuberculosis and
kwashiorkor, 19 (63.33%), low socioeconomic status (earned less than USD$100 dollars per month), 16
(53.33%), coming from a family with more than 5 dependants 11 (36.67%), not being on ART 15 (50%), and
birth weight below or equal to 2500g 6 (20%). The major contributing factors to malnutrition were
extrapersonal stressors (54.83) interpersonal stressors (30.28%) and intrapersonal stressors (29.76%).
M.W.vander.Burgh-The relationship between parents’ perceived physical and soc...Marrit van der Burgh
1. The study investigated the relationship between parents' perceptions of the physical and social neighbourhood environment and the reported outdoor play duration of children.
2. The results found that a lack of friends in the neighbourhood, lack of adult supervision, and presence of loitering youth were related to less outdoor play time for children according to parents.
3. Children whose parents were dissatisfied with traffic safety or boys whose parents were more satisfied with their neighbourhood played more minutes outdoors compared to others.
Lauren Lissner, Pester-power and screen time in relation to weight status in ...THL
This document summarizes findings from the IDEFICS study on childhood obesity. It discusses factors like screen time, food marketing, and "pester power" that influence childhood obesity. The IDEFICS study involved surveys and interventions in 8 countries with over 16,000 children ages 2-9. The study found the interventions were more effective at normalizing weight in children who were already overweight at baseline, but did not significantly impact sedentary behaviors. Targeted prevention for those with weight problems may be more effective than universal prevention alone. The document concludes with suggestions for health nudges and possibilities for structural changes in Nordic countries.
Sorry this presentation is not great, because all the animations just stockpiled. If you want to see a better version, please go to http://tinyurl.com/pat48ks
Thanks!
The document discusses the importance of nutrition and healthy eating for children. It provides statistics showing that obesity rates are high and rising both nationally and in the Northern Territory of Australia, with over 20% of children overweight. Children in the NT are particularly unlikely to eat the daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables. Childhood obesity can have both short-term consequences like poor self-esteem and long-term health risks like cardiovascular disease if obesity continues into adulthood. Improving children's nutrition is vital for their health and development.
This document discusses neonatal mortality measurement and summarizes recent developments. It covers:
1) Neonatal mortality rates can now be estimated annually through improved surveys, though data reliability remains a concern. Pregnancy history modules may better capture neonatal deaths.
2) Estimates of neonatal causes of death have been improved through increased country data, especially for large countries like India and China. Rates of infections and tetanus appear to be declining in some areas.
3) Surveys can be improved by modifying questions to better capture neonatal mortality and stillbirths, and through follow up verbal autopsies to obtain cause of death data for over 75% of neonatal deaths dependent on surveys.
Evaluation of Immunization Coverage among Children between 12 - 23 Months of ...QUESTJOURNAL
Introduction:Immunization is one of the well known and most effective method of preventing childhood diseases. Aims And Objectives:1) To describe socio-demographic profile of children between 12-23 months of age attending immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. 2) To Evaluate the factors affecting immunization status among children between 12-23 months of age attending immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional and descriptive type. Place of study was immunization centre, RIMS, Ranchi. Study duration was from 1 September to 30 November 2016. Results: In the present study 110 Children were studied in which maximum number were 19 months of age. Majority were hindu (79.9%) male(63.6%) of Urban locality(92.7%). Education of the parents was found to be significantly associated with the immunization status of children. Conclusion: Increasing the literacy status of the parents can alone can bring a major difference in immunization coverage among Children.
The study identified 11 factors that contribute to stunting in children under 5 years old in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The strongest associated factor was complications during pregnancy like intrauterine growth restriction. Other significant factors included mid-parental height less than 150cm, low household income, low birth weight, use of pacifiers, lower maternal education, unemployed fathers, anemia in children, bottle feeding, lack of minimum dietary diversity, and care by babysitters. Addressing these maternal, socioeconomic, childcare and nutritional factors through community interventions and policies could help reduce the high prevalence of stunting in Putrajaya.
The document summarizes a student research project that studied the association between food insecurity and academic performance among undergraduate students at Indiana University. The researchers hypothesized that food insecurity would be associated with lower GPAs. They conducted an anonymous online survey of over 100 students measuring food insecurity and GPA. Their results found that 33.9% of respondents experienced some level of food insecurity, and those who were food insecure on average had lower GPAs. They concluded that there is a statistically significant association between food insecurity and lower academic performance.
This study analyzed the incidence of overweight/obesity in 242 preschool children in Florianopolis, Brazil over 2 years (2008-2010). The incidence of new overweight/obesity cases was 4.05% over the study period. The accumulated incidence rate was 20.25 cases/year/1000 children and the incidence density rate was 20.65 cases/year/1000 person-years. After adjustment for factors like gender, age, family income and parents' education, none were found to be significantly associated with the incidence of overweight/obesity in this population of preschool children.
Correlation between Eating Habits and Nutritional StatusJanrey Tiña
This study examined the correlation between eating habits and nutritional status of students from grade 7 to 10 at PNU-ITL. A questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were used to assess eating habits and nutritional status. The findings showed that most students had a normal BMI and ate breakfast, dinner at home, and three meals daily. There was a strong positive correlation found between healthy eating habits and good nutritional status. The study concluded that students with better eating habits tended to have a normal BMI. Recommendations included helping students maintain positive eating habits.
Childhood obesity treatment literature reviewAmber Breidel
This document provides summaries of several studies related to childhood obesity treatment:
- One study found no significant differences in anthropometric measures between intervention and control groups for adolescent obesity treatment in Kuwait over 6 months.
- A Swedish study is evaluating the effectiveness of different approaches to treat preschool obesity and expects the treatment will improve both primary and secondary outcomes.
- A study evaluated a group medical visit program for treating obesity in an underserved community and found reductions in BMI z-score and improvements in lifestyle factors and empowerment measures.
- A study found that participants in a two-year multidisciplinary weight management program maintained treatment effects and did not significantly change BMI z-scores between post-treatment and 24
Latent Class Analysis of Adolescent Health Behaviorsasclepiuspdfs
This document discusses a study that uses latent class analysis to identify patterns of health behaviors among adolescents ages 10-19 using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The study examines eight health behaviors - sleep, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, physician visits, meal autonomy, wearing braces, general health assessment, and tattoos. Latent class analysis identified three distinct classes of adolescents - healthy, moderately healthy, and unhealthy - based on their responses to questions about these behaviors. The classes differed for males and females. The study aims to characterize adolescent health behaviors without including parental attributes.
South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016: Key Indicators Report, 2016Statistics South Africa
The South African Demographic and Health Survey is a sample survey that was conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the South African Medical Research Council on behalf of the National Department of Health. The survey collected data from sampled households in the country between June and November 2016, with variables measuring health, fertility, nutrition and family planning, among others. The results of the survey will be used to measure the health status of South Africans as well as the coverage and quality of selected health programmes. The survey will also provide estimates on child and maternal mortality, fertility rates, and the prevalence of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, among others.
Download the full report here: www.statssa.gov.za
This document summarizes a study that examined the relationship between physical activity, screen time, and subjective health complaints in Irish schoolchildren aged 10-17. The study found that a high percentage of children reported health complaints weekly or more, and that girls reported higher rates than boys. Children who met screen time recommendations of 2 hours or less per day had a higher risk of health complaints than those meeting physical activity guidelines. Children meeting neither guideline were at highest risk. The researchers concluded that targeting reductions in screen time may be particularly important for policies aimed at improving children's health and wellbeing.
What are the causes and effects of childhood obesity, and what strategies can health and government bodies use to tackle the issue? Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, President of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), examines scientific data and presents recommendations. This presentation was delivered as part of a Global Active City and Ciudad Activa Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2018. EASO is a supporting partner of the Active Well-being Initiative, which runs the Global Active City programme. The world’s first Global Active Cities are Buenos Aires, Hamburg, Lillehammer, Liverpool, Ljubljana, and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Visit http://www.activewellbeing.org or follow @AWBInitiative on Twitter.
Critical appraisal of child health policies, programs, guidelines and their i...Mohammad Aslam Shaiekh
Critical Appraisal of Child Health Policies, Programs, Guidelines and Their Implementation Strategies and Review the Current Status of National Context
Critical appraisal of child health policies, programs, guidelines and their i...Mohammad Aslam Shaiekh
Critical Appraisal of Child Health Policies, Programs, Guidelines and Their Implementation Strategies and Review the Current Status of National Context.
This document summarizes obesity trends and the HSE's strategic plan to address obesity in Ireland from 2008-2012. It provides data showing high rates of overweight and obesity among Irish adults and children. The HSE's plan focused on 5 strategic priorities: 1) enhancing obesity surveillance, research, and evaluation, 2) developing uniform detection and management approaches, 3) increasing prevention and health promotion capacity, 4) effective communication, and 5) engaging other sectors to address obesity determinants. Specific actions included surveillance programs, treatment services, health promotion initiatives, educational resources, and cross-sector collaborations.
This document provides a summary of a presentation on childhood obesity trends globally and in Indonesia. It notes that the number of children and adolescents with obesity is predicted to increase significantly by 2030, with Indonesia being one of the top 4 countries predicted to have over 1 million school-aged children and adolescents living with obesity. It also discusses the relationship between obesity and severe COVID-19 outcomes in children and adolescents. Finally, it outlines approaches to treating childhood obesity, including standard behavioral interventions and additional therapies.
Esha Sarswat - A global overview of online coursesPOSHAN
This document provides a summary of various online nutrition courses available. It lists the course titles, content covered, duration, and provider. Courses range from a few weeks to 3 years long and cover topics like the basics of nutrition, undernutrition and obesity, food and nutrition security, nutrition counseling, and food systems and policy solutions. They are offered by universities, UN organizations, and dedicated e-learning platforms in collaboration with universities. The document asks the reader to reflect on what is already available, what is relevant, what is missing, and what capacity building approaches are suitable for specific nutrition content areas.
Beyond survival: Improving long-term outcomes for survivors of serious newborn illness in Asia and the Pacific
Dr Kate Milner
Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics
University of Melbourne
Childhood obesity has been described as the main health-related problem in developed countries, due to its link with physical, social and psychological consequences with an increased risk for developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood.
All the pupils of both sexes attending the second year of all the primary schools in Pavia, Northern Italy, were recruited (n=470) for this study. Measurements of weight, height and waist circumference (WC) were taken under standard conditions. Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist-to-height-ratio (W/HtR) were computed and sex specific percentile values for BMI, WC and W/HtR were calculated and compared with the same percentiles available for different countries.
The results show that according to Cole’s cut-off point reference standards, 12.5% and 9.0% of boys and girls respectively are overweight, 4.7% and 5.2% respectively are obese. The WC mean value is equal to 60.0 ± 6.0 cm in boys and 59.0 ± 6.7 cm in girls. Using different 90th reference worldwide standard percentiles for WC as a comparison, the prevalence of our children with WC > 90th percentile is very different. The W/HtR mean value of the total sample is 0.46 ± 0.03. Assuming a cutoff of 0.5, 87.6% of the pupils have a W/HtR value ≤ 0.5, while 12.4% of the subjects have a value > 0.5, showing abdominal obesity among 55 children at an early age.
Our results point out the need for specific preventive and treatment interventions by identifying and implementing effective strategies, policies, and nutritional education programs in order to decrease the prevalence rate of obesity as well as the risk of metabolic disorders.
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Lauren Lissner, Childhood Obesity - from surveillance to prevention
1. Childhood Obesity-
from surveillance to
prevention
Lauren Lissner, MPH, PhD,
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine (EPSO)
Director of EpiLife Center
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2. Outline
• Obesity trends in Sweden and
beyond
• The social gradient in childhood
obesity across Europe
• Childhood obesity prevention:
lessons from the IDEFICS
intervention
4. Chung et al, 2016
Eligible studies: 42
post-2000: most found overall stability
or decrease but 40% indicated a
widening gap in childhood and
adolescent obesity
(as epidemic slows down inequalities
persist)
5. Outline
• Obesity trends in Sweden and
beyond
• The social gradient in childhood
obesity across Europe
• Childhood obesity prevention:
lessons from the IDEFICS
intervention
6. Early evidence: from US:
Stunkard 1972,JAMA
Cross-sectional evidence:
In 6 year old girls, obesity
was 9 times more prevalent
in lower SES than upper
SES girls.
Similar but less marked
trends seen in boys
”Prevention attempts
should be directed
particularly towards those
at high risk because of low
SES”
8. COSI
concept
• Trained personnel
• Standardized field equipment
• Standardized measurement
protocols
• Representative national
sampling
• Family questionnaires
9. Analytical sample: 13,764 children aged 6.5-8.5
In 5 countries with family surveys
Prevalence of overweight/obesity (WHO)
Bulgaria: 29.0/12.5
Czech Republic: 20.5/7.0
Lithuania: 24.0/8.7
Portugal: 37.8/14.4
Sweden: 22.8/5.8
Monitoring Social Inequalities
at baseline survey of
WHO-COSI (2008)
10. Prevalence odds ratio for overweight (including
obesity) with low maternal and paternal
education, compared to reference group with
higher education denoted by grey line adjusted
for sex and age group.
11. Prevalence odds ratio for overweight (including
obesity) with maternal and paternal
unemployment, compared to reference group
with employment, denoted by grey line; adjusted
for sex and age group (Lissner et al 2015)
12. Unexpected heterogeneity in socioeconomic
gradient in childhood obesityacross Europe
Importance of surveillance to track the gap
13. Outline
• Obesity trends in Sweden and
beyond
• The social gradient in childhood
obesity across Europe
• Childhood obesity prevention:
lessons from the IDEFICS
intervention
14. 14
Identification and prevention of
Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health
EFfects In Children and infantS
IDEFICS-
EU´s 6th Framework Programme
Theme 5 Food quality and safety
Area 2 Epidemiology of food-related diseases and allergies
Topic 5.4.2.1 Influences of diet and lifestyle on children’s health
(integrated project)
Coordination, W Ahrens, Bremen
16. Funded by the EC, FP 6, Contract No. 016181 (FOOD)
Interac(on
by
country
for
‘primary’
preven(on
Country-‐specific
+
covariate
adjusted
pooled
results
(Obesity
Research,
2014)
Non-overweight
At baseline
Overweight
At baseline
17. Why such small preventive
effects and so many failures?
• Interventions not early enough
• Too short duration
• Insufficient parental involvement
• Focus on invidividual rather than
environment
• Saturation (messages, predisposition)
19. What types of interventions generate
inequalities? Lorenc et al JECH 2012
I
Intervention-generated
inequalities (IGIs)
Examples: media campaigns,
workplace smoking bans
”downstream”
Reducing inequalities
Examples: structural
workplace interventions,
provision of resources, fiscal
interventions
”upstream”
20. Take home messages
• Need to reach out to vulnerable group
in health promotion
• Targeted and universal prevention not
mutually exclussive
• Surveillance is needed as part of public
health prevention to ensure we reach
our target and don’t do harm
• Need for upstream measures
addressing causes of causes
21. Thank you for your attention
ForteCenter epilife.se
EpiLife Futures
epidemiology CVD
University of Gothenburg
epilife.se
lifecycle
Cognition
Obesity
Acknowledgements: colleagues from IDEFICS (coordinated
by W Ahrens) and COSI (coordinated by J Breda) and,
www.epilife.se