Download or read book Evaluation of a Multi faceted School based Intervention for Adolescents who are Overweight Or Obese written by Scott Ryan McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of a Multi faceted School based Intervention for Adolescents who are Overweight Or Obese written by Scott Ryan McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of a Multi faceted Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Elementary School Children written by Amanda J. Cash and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of a Multi faceted Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Elementary School Children written by Amanda J. Cash and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Obesity Volume 2 written by George A. Bray and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the 5th Edition of the Handbook of Obesity spotlights on clinical applications for evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of obesity. It covers on the several major developments occurred between the previous and the new edition, including the effect of SARS-CoV-2 on people with obesity, the concept of “Precision Medicine”, and new medications approved by USFDA aiding patients with obesity weight loss of 15 to 20%. This volume is structured into 5 parts: Part 1 provides insights from evolution on changes in diet and physical activity, and the implications and results for preventing obesity, health care costs associated with obesity and the cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention and treatment. Part 2 deals with evaluation of overweight patients, approaches for classifying obesity and using this knowledge to evaluate patients, and addressing ethnic and racial considerations in evaluating patients with obesity. Part 3 explains the impact of lifestyle in managing obesity, which include behavioural management, diet, dietary composition, and meal timing, and the effects of physical activity and exercise in weight loss and weight loss maintenance. Part 4 is focused on medications in the management of obesity. This includes drug selection, various classes of drugs, combination of drugs affecting weight loss, effect of herbal agents on weight loss and treatment of obesity in pediatric populations, genetic diseases causing obesity and the role of drugs in treating the dyslipidemias. Part 5 discusses bariatric surgery, its history, procedure and effects in details, and other surgical techniques including electric stimulation of the vagus nerve, gastric balloons, intestinal liners, and liposuction.

Download or read book Preventing Childhood Obesity written by Elizabeth Waters and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges in the 21st century. Devising effective policy and practice to combat childhood obesity is a high priority for many governments and health professionals internationally. This book brings together contributors from around the world and showcases the latest evidence-based research on community and policy interventions to prevent unhealthy weight gain and improve the health and well-being of children. The authors highlight from the evidence available what is and what is not effective and provide recommendations on how to implement and evaluate promising interventions for obesity prevention. This book is an essential read for all public health practitioners, early childhood professionals, health care providers and clinicians working to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in their communities.

Download or read book A School Based Intervention of Adolescent Obesity Prevention in At Risk Youth written by Leah M. Potecha and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States, affecting individuals of all ages. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to obesity due to their decrease in physical activity, as well as to the greater availability of foods void of nutritional value. Adolescents' impressionable natures and changing bodies also contribute to their increased weights. To combat the problem of obesity, many schools have implemented obesity prevention programs. Most of these programs are based on physical education and nutrition education. However, some schools have started mentorship programs, or worked with organizations that employ mentorship programs, to prevent obesity. The Lynchburg Healthy Living program was created to teach at-risk adolescents about exercise and nutrition, as well as to provide them with a role model and coach in how to live a healthy life. The study examined effects of the program on participants' body mass index (BMI), self-reported nutrition and physical activity habits, and perceived health knowledge.

Download or read book Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-12-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To battle the obesity epidemic in America, health care professionals and policymakers need relevant, useful data on the effectiveness of obesity prevention policies and programs. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention identifies a new approach to decision making and research on obesity prevention to use a systems perspective to gain a broader understanding of the context of obesity and the many factors that influence it.

Download or read book Obesity written by Gareth Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive textbook addresses one of the major public health concerns of our era – obesity. Clearly and simply, Obesity: science to practice provides a balanced, coherent account of obesity: how to define and measure it, its epidemiology, the physiological basis, associated diseases, how to assess, manage and treat it, and also strategies for prevention. The book is generously illustrated, including graphs and flow charts for easy reference. The chapters cite key references so that interested readers may pursue a given topic in more detail. Well presented and thoroughly edited by one of the leading experts in the field, this is the textbook of choice for anyone working in obesity.

Download or read book Assessment of Changes in Anthropometric Measures and Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors in Children Receiving School Based Obesity Intervention written by Brianna D. Higgins and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-component childhood obesity interventions in community-based settings show promise as being effective strategies to prevent childhood obesity, especially in schools, since no other institution has as much contact time with children. The present study aims to evaluate how effectively a three-pronged school-based childhood obesity intervention, related to nutrition, physical activity and preventive health, may positively affect measures of weight status and health behaviors. Thirteen public, parochial and charter schools in Greater Philadelphia area (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties) were included in this school-based childhood obesity intervention. Recruited schools were categorized into Intervention schools (Core and Level 1 schools) and Control schools, in which the categorizations varied based on the dosage of the intervention received. Anthropometric measures and self-reported dietary intake and physical activity behaviors were taken on all 5th grade students at baseline, at the beginning of the 2014 to 2015 school year, and follow-up, at the end of the 2014 to 2015 school year. Non-parametic Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney analyses were conducted. In total, 269 5th grade students participating in this intervention were identified as overweight or obese at the beginning of the school year. Though body mass index (BMI) z-score slightly decreased in this population over the school year, no significant changes were found in difference of BMI z-score and waist circumference over the school year. Cross-sectional analyses indicated that at, follow-up, children in Level 1 schools consumed vegetables other than green salad significantly more frequently than Core and Control schools (P=0.002 and P=0.001, respectively), and consumed soda significantly less frequently than Core and Control schools (P

Download or read book Counseling Overweight and Obese Children and Teens written by Jo Ellen Shield and published by American Dietetic Associati. This book was released on 2008 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the latest recommendations from the Expert Committee on Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity. This guide shows registered dietitians how to tailor and provide appropriate nutrition counseling for overweight and obese children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 18. As a complete resource, this guide provides detailed counseling plans, practical counseling tips, take-home handouts and interactive worksheets.

Download or read book Designing and Evaluating an After school Social Cognitive Theory Based Comic Book Intervention for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Among Elementary Aged School Children written by Paul W. Branscum and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past three decades the prevalence of child and adolescent obesity has tripled and currently 31.7% of children and adolescents are either overweight or obese. This is of concern due to the reported metabolic, psychological and social consequences associated with excess weight gain. While obesity occurs as the result of a sustained energy imbalance, there are many reported factors associated with its etiology. Interventions that can favorably impact such factors such as a healthy diet and physical activity could help prevent its onset early in life and spare children from reported metabolic and psychological consequences. Schools are one place intervention strategies are needed, however many obesity prevention interventions that have been implemented in this setting have produced mixed or modest outcomes. The after-school time frame is another excellent opportunity for such strategies, however less work has been done in this area compared with school-based interventions and more studies are needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a social cognitive theory based childhood obesity intervention with children in the after-school environment. This study employed a group randomized controlled design, whereby a convenience sample of twelve after-school programs were randomized into either an experimental (social cognitive theory based) or comparison (knowledge-based) intervention. A pretest, post-test and three month follow up test was conducted to evaluate the programs effects on BMI-percentile, key obesity prevention behaviors (fruit & vegetable consumption, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, sugar-free drink & water consumption, the engagement of physical activities, and the engagement of sedentary activities), and three constructs of social cognitive theory (self-efficacy, expectations (comprising of outcome expectations and outcome expectancies), and self-control) related to each behavior. Both interventions consisted of four-30 minute sessions that were implemented over a four-week period. Process evaluations were used during each session to evaluate program fidelity and dose. A convenience sample of 71 children (37 in the experimental and 34 in the comparison) completed the interventions and were used for the final data analyses in this study. Results indicated that study variables and demographic variables were not different for children in the assigned groups at baseline. Process evaluations suggested that both programs were implemented as planned. It was found that BMI-percentile, all obesity related behaviors, and social cognitive theory constructs did not change between groups over the course of the intervention. There was however a significant main effect, indicating an improvement in both groups for fruit and vegetable consumption, the engagement in physical activity, the engagement in screen time, water and sugar free beverage consumption and self efficacy for fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. It can be concluded that the two interventions in this study may not have been very different from each other to discern changes. It is also likely that the experimental intervention may not have been of adequate length to truly produce the desired changes targeted in this study. More work is needed in this area to find appropriate, theory-based, health education programs that can complement larger health promotion efforts.

Download or read book Program Evaluation of a Motivational Interviewing Intervention with Adolescents to Prevent Obesity written by Monique Vallabhan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: Adolescent obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an emerging intervention for adolescent health risk behavior that has promise. Despite its potential fit in primary health care contexts, primary care providers tend to express reticence in learning or adopting MI practices. This program evaluation project assessed the usefulness of Motivational Interviewing (MI) by primary care providers with adolescents in school based health centers that was implemented by a large randomized clinical trial (RCT) in southwest United States high schools. Methods: As part of the RCT, the primary care providers were required to do MI sessions with 66, 45, 25, and 91 youth participants respectively at their School-based site. It was anticipated that providers would be increasingly comfortable with MI between their first and final participant and that youth would be increasingly satisfied as provider comfort increased. To evaluate this, as part of the RCT, a set of primary care providers working with youth in school based health centers were trained through didactic sessions, homework, and role-play. School-based providers were provided an introductory training in MI, MI reading materials, a study manual, and were required to participate in bimonthly tele-coaching to ensure treatment integrity and fidelity. Primary care provider and adolescent participant survey data from session 1 of the RCT was analyzed to determine provider comfort with MI and adolescent satisfaction with MI. Summary of findings: Despite the standard training practices, providers showed a range of interest in comfort with the intervention. However, as anticipated, overall primary care providers became significantly more comfortable with MI on the final day of the MI sessions with increased use (p

Download or read book Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment written by William T. O'Donohue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent obesity. Experts in the field discuss the prevalence, etiology, and sequelae of pediatric and adolescent obesity, as well as the medical and behavioral assessment of the overweight child, adolescent, and family. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the wide range of approaches to pediatric and adolescent obesity treatment, in order to promote an individualized approach that will best fit the patient and family.

Download or read book Evaluating a Targeted Universal Middle School Program for Childhood Overweight and Obesity written by Myra Altman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood obesity is a pressing public health concern associated with significant medical and psychosocial comorbidities. Intervention is crucial, and schools are often suggested as an important venue through which to intervene, although the results of such interventions are inconsistent and mixed. The present study sought to expand on the literature by evaluating the effect of a targeted and universal school-based obesity intervention, StayingFit, in three middle schools in a low-socioeconomic status, rural community. The intervention was tested in both a cluster-randomized (Study 1) and pre-post (Study 2) design. StayingFit was largely ineffective in creating changes in relative weight, behavior, or psychosocial outcomes. Possible reasons for the ineffectiveness of the intervention include the nature of the population and community, insufficient use of behavioral strategies and technology, limited program duration, low completion rates, and lack of parental engagement. Further research is needed to design multi-level and multi-sector interventions that can create meaningful change in high-risk communities.

Download or read book Body Image Eating Disorders and Obesity in Youth written by J. Kevin Thompson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between body image disturbances and eating disorders in our most vulnerable population: children and adolescents. The editors present a dynamic approach that combines current research, assessment techniques, and suggestions for treatment and prevention. This volume delivers direction for researchers in the field as well as guidance for practitioners and clinicians working with young clients suffering from these disorders.

Download or read book Nutrition action in schools written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) was developed in 2006 to provide a framework for ensuring integrated school-based programmes which address the double burden of nutrition-related ill health and to become the nutrition module of the Health Promoting Schools. The NFSI has since been used around the world, including as a self-appraisal tool for schools in 18 countries, in national NFSI programmes and as part of academic research and evaluation projects. The NFSI Framework outlines 26 essential criteria within five broad components: 1. school nutrition policies, 2. awareness and capacity building of the school community, 3. nutrition and health promoting curricula, 4. supportive school environment for good nutrition, and 5. supportive school nutrition and health services. This review summarizes the synthesized evidence from 117 reviews identified as relating to the five components and the 26 essential criteria of the NFSI. The findings may be used — in conjunction with existing UN and WHO guidance and tools — to inform the work of governments, policy-makers and researchers concerned with school-based health and nutrition promotion programmes and initiatives.