As the majority of children are not constitutionally predisposed to obesity, prevention strategies should not be addressed to the whole paediatric population but targeted to children at risk. The disappointing results of the large majority of previous collective interventions to prevent obesity, ...
Prevention strategies include promoting a balanced diet, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, and creating supportive environments. Parents are encouraged to set a good example and consult a healthcare provider if concerns about a child's weight arise. What Is Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity...
New strategies for primordial prevention of early childhood obesity require focusing attention on growth parameters during the first 2 y of life, with support for increasing the duration of breastfeeding, and improvements in dietary quality and availability, particularly the reduced consumption of added ...
An obese child later on grows up to become an obese adult. Therefore, the role of primary prevention along with methodical diet control, behavioral changes, and physical activity are the important strategies against the battle of childhood obesity. 展开 关键词:...
Childhoodobesity prevention: international research, controversies and interventions brings together the most up-to-date research and experience of the world's most highly regardedchildhood obesityresearchers, practitioners and theorists. The foreword is provided by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, a leading wo...
As recommended by the Initiative, this council should adhere to the CDC’s document titled “Make a Difference At Your School: Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity” (Let’s Move! Initiative, 2008). Second, the school psychologist should see to it that the school joins the US Healthier Schools...
Obesity prevention will require both a personal and social/cultural change in lifestyle. The large volume of current research will help clarify what will be most helpful. Recent evidence supports that child obesity rates have leveled off and are even decreasing in the younger age groups. What is...
of life as well as social stigma and exclusion. Thus, the individual and social cost (e.g., health care) of obesity is a heavy one. The focus of childhood obesity research is on the causes and consequences of obesity, successful intervention programs, and effective prevention strategies. ...
Childhood obesity is very difficult to treat, and such children benefit from its prevention and early recognition. Weight loss during childhood tends to be more sustained than it is in adulthood; nearly one third of children maintain weight loss 10 years later.29Nonetheless, the most effective tre...
Obesity prevention will require both a personal and social/cultural change in lifestyle. The large volume of current research will help clarify what will be most helpful. Recent evidence supports that child obesity rates have leveled off and are even decreasing in the younger age groups. What is...