Healthy Habits, Happy Homes: Methods and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial to improve household routines for obesity prevention

Taveras, Elsie M.; McDonald, Julia; O’Brien, Ashley; Haines, Jess; Sherry, Bettylou; Bottino, Clement J.; Troncoso, Karen; Schmidt, Marie; Koziol, Renata

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.016

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“…An RCT currently underway is evaluating the effectiveness of promoting three household routines (family meals, adequate sleep, and limiting screen time) in reducing childhood obesity risk 439 , and did not find an effect of family meals. Until the evidence from that and other similarly designed studies are forthcoming, we believe it is appropriate to classify this as a presumption.…”

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Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Casazza

Brown

Astrup

et al. 2014

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

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Obesity is a topic on which many views are strongly held in the absence of scientific evidence to support those views, and some views are strongly held despite evidence to contradict those views. We refer to the former as “presumptions” and the latter as “myths”. Here we present nine myths and ten presumptions surrounding the effects of rapid weight loss; setting realistic goals in weight loss therapy; stage of change or readiness to lose weight; physical education classes; breast-feeding; daily self-weighing; genetic contribution to obesity; the “Freshman 15”; food deserts; regularly eating (versus skipping) breakfast; eating close to bedtime; eating more fruits and vegetables; weight cycling (i.e. yo-yo dieting); snacking; built environment; reducing screen time in childhood obesity; portion size; participation in family mealtime; and drinking water as a means of weight-loss. For each of these, we describe the belief and present evidence that the belief is widely held or stated, reasons to support the conjecture that the belief might be true, evidence to directly support or refute the belief, and findings from randomized controlled trials, if available. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these determinations, conjecture on why so many myths and presumptions exist, and suggestions for limiting the spread of these and other unsubstantiated beliefs about obesity domain.

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Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Casazza

Brown

Astrup

et al. 2014

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

155

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“…Bariatric surgery is often the only effective treatment cure in severe obesity, which remains largely refractory to diet and pharmacologic treatment [13]. We hypothesize that in severely obese patients significant weight loss induced by bariatric surgery would provide an effective improvement in pulmonary function and sleep quality.…”

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Obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary function in patients with severe obesity before and after bariatric surgery: a randomized clinical trial

Aguiar

Freitas

Santos

et al. 2014

Multidiscip Respir Med

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BackgroundThe increasing prevalence of obesity in both developed and developing countries is one of the most serious public health problems and has led to a global epidemic. Obesity is one of the greatest risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is found in 60 to 70% of obese patients mainly due to the buildup of fat tissue in the upper portion of the thorax and neck. The aim of the present randomized clinical trial is to assess daytime sleepiness, sleep architecture and pulmonary function in patients with severe obesity before and after bariatric surgery.MethodsThis randomized, controlled trial, was designed, conducted, and reported in accordance with the standards of The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement. Patients were divided into a bariatric surgery group and control group. The clinical evaluation was performed at the Sleep Laboratory of the Nove de JulhoUniversity (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and consisted of the collection of clinical data, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), measurements of neck and abdomen circumferences, spirometry, maximum ventilatory pressure measurements, standard overnight polysomnography (PSG) and the administration of the Berlin Questionnaire and Epworth Sleepiness Scale.ResultsFifty-two patients participated in the present study and performed PSG. Out of these, 16 underwent bariatric surgery. After surgery, mean BMI decreased from 48.15 ± 8.58 to 36.91 ± 6.67 Kg/m2. Significant differences were found between the preoperative and postoperative periods regarding neck (p < 0.001) and waist circumference (p < 0.001), maximum inspiratory pressure (p = 0.002 and p = 0.004) and maximum expiratory pressure (p = 0.001 and p = 0.002) for women and men, respectively, as well as sleep stage N3 (p < 0.001), REM sleep (p = 0.049) and the apnea-hypopnea index (p = 0.008).ConclusionsBariatric surgery effectively reduces neck and waist circumference, increases maximum ventilatory pressures, enhances sleep architecture and reduces respiratory sleep disorders, specifically obstructive sleep apnea, in patients with severe obesity.Trial registrationThe protocol for this study was registered with the World Health Organization (Universal Trial Number: U1111-1121-8873) and Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials – ReBEC (RBR-9k9hhv).

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“…Eventually, five studies were included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Three of the retrieved articles met most of the inclusion criteria, however, they were excluded from this study due to the fact that they had used a telephone or mobile phone in both the intervention and control groups and it was not possible to assess the effects of the phone-based intervention (15,27,28).…”

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Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa Utilization Among a Hospitalized Pediatric Population

Thompson¹,

Meuler²,

Scott³

2015

J Compr Ped

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Context: This systematic review was conducted to investigate the role of phones (telephone and mobile phone) in interventions designed to control obesity in children under age six and to determine the features and effects of these interventions. Evidence Acquisition: A systematic search was conducted of the electronic databases (until November 2016). Randomized controlled trials that assessed the effects of phone-based interventions to control obesity in children under age six were included. Results: Of the 1920 papers accessed, 38 were relevant based on title and abstract. After review of the full texts, five studies were deemed eligible for inclusion. The results showed that in two studies phone-based interventions succeeded in improving the children's weight and BMI while in three other studies they were not. Among the functionalities of a telephone and mobile phone (e.g. text messaging and smartphone applications), only phone calls were used to communicate with participants. Only one of the included studies had used the phone as its main intervention, in the other studies the phone was used as part of a multicomponent intervention. Most of the included studies used phone calls to encourage and remind the participants about their children's nutritional status and physical activity. Conclusions: Although the numerous functions of phones can be used independently or in combination with other interventions for controlling obesity, so far, only the phone call function has been used for children under age six. Moreover, there is still no strong evidence on their positive effects on obesity control in children under age six.

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Healthy Habits, Happy Homes: Methods and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial to improve household routines for obesity prevention

Cited by 44 publications

References 38 publications

Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary function in patients with severe obesity before and after bariatric surgery: a randomized clinical trial

Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa Utilization Among a Hospitalized Pediatric Population

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