Nurse-led interventions in the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in infants, children and adolescents: A scoping review

Cheng, Heilok; George, Cobie; Dunham, Melissa; Whitehead, Lisa; Denney‐Wilson, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104008

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“…Thus, reducing calorie intake from fats and sugars and improving the consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and nuts are main approaches to decrease the risks of obesity. 2…”

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Lipid metabolism disorders and lipid mediator changes of mice in response to long-term exposure to high-fat and high sucrose diets and ameliorative effects of mulberry leaves

Lu³

et al. 2022

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Lipid metabolism disorders and lipid mediator changes of mice in response to long-term exposure to high-fat and high sucrose diets and ameliorative effects of mulberry leaves

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“…However, they mostly received advice from doctors and less from nurses, demonstrating an underutilisation of the full potential of nurse-led intervention in the fight against obesity at the primary care level, which has shown to be effective in other parts of the world. 45 …”

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Obese patients’ dissatisfaction with weight, body image and clinicians’ interaction at a district hospital; Gauteng

Kanozire,

Pretorius

2023

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

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Background: Obesity in South Africa has created a public health crisis that warrants a multilevel intervention. However, patients’ perceptions and clinicians’ challenges hinder the management of obesity in primary care.Aim: The study aimed to assess obese patients’ dissatisfaction with weight and body image and their perspectives on interaction with clinicians regarding obesity management in a primary care setting.Setting: Outpatient department of Dr Yusuf Dadoo District Hospital.Methods: Cross-sectional study of 213 adult obese patients. A semi-structured questionnaire, a body image assessment tool and patients’ medical records were used for data collection.Results: The study found that, contrary to popular belief, obese patients were dissatisfied with their weight (78.9%) and body image (95.3%). Many felt comfortable while discussing weight reduction with clinicians, although 37.1% reported never engaging with a doctor and 62.9% never interacted with a nurse on the subject. Only 6% reported receiving adequate information on weight reduction measures and 19.7% were followed-up. Clinicians’ advice was mainly associated with patients’ high body mass index and waist circumference. Doctors were less likely to recommend weight reduction to employed obese women, while nurses were more likely to engage Zulu-speaking patients. Patients were more likely to be followed up if they were young and excessively obese.Conclusion: The study found that most obese patients were dissatisfied with their weight and body image and perceived their interaction with clinicians regarding obesity management as inadequate.Contribution: The study provides an angle of view of challenges in obesity management from patients’ perspectives.

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“…Although we cannot establish whether this is due to homophily or influence as the study was not longitudinal, these results are relevant when it comes to developing future interventions in this context. Indeed, routine health promotion in terms of food and nutrition education in school curricula are interventions demanded by health professionals, especially nurses, to combat paediatric obesity [ 50 ]. New approaches are required in the prevention and management of obesity, as the literature indicates that lifestyle modifications alone may not be sufficient [ 10 ].…”

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Adolescent relational behaviour and the obesity pandemic: A descriptive study applying social network analysis and machine learning techniques

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Aim To study the existence of subgroups by exploring the similarities between the attributes of the nodes of the groups, in relation to diet and gender and, to analyse the connectivity between groups based on aspects of similarities between them through SNA and artificial intelligence techniques. Methods 235 students from 5 different educational centres participate in this study between March and December 2015. Data analysis carried out is divided into two blocks: social network analysis and unsupervised machine learning techniques. As for the social network analysis, the Girvan-Newman technique was applied to find the best number of cohesive groups within each of the friendship networks of the different classes analysed. Results After applying Girvan-Newman in the three classes, the best division into clusters was respectively 2 for classroom A, 7 for classroom B and 6 for classroom C. There are significant differences between the groups and the gender and diet variables. After applying K-means using population diet as an input variable, a K-means clustering of 2 clusters for class A, 3 clusters for class B and 3 clusters for class C is obtained. Conclusion Adolescents form subgroups within their classrooms. Subgroup cohesion is defined by the fact that nodes share similarities in aspects that influence obesity, they share attributes related to food quality and gender. The concept of homophily, related to SNA, justifies our results. Artificial intelligence techniques together with the application of the Girvan-Newman provide robustness to the structural analysis of similarities and cohesion between subgroups.

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Nurse-led interventions in the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in infants, children and adolescents: A scoping review

Cited by 13 publications

References 117 publications

Lipid metabolism disorders and lipid mediator changes of mice in response to long-term exposure to high-fat and high sucrose diets and ameliorative effects of mulberry leaves

Lipid metabolism disorders and lipid mediator changes of mice in response to long-term exposure to high-fat and high sucrose diets and ameliorative effects of mulberry leaves

Obese patients’ dissatisfaction with weight, body image and clinicians’ interaction at a district hospital; Gauteng

Adolescent relational behaviour and the obesity pandemic: A descriptive study applying social network analysis and machine learning techniques

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