Prevention of the Epidemic Increase in Child Risk of Overweight in Low-Income Schools

Coleman, Karen J.; Tiller, C L.; Sánchez, Jesús María Silva; Heath, Edward M.; Sy, Oumar; Milliken, George A.; Dzewaltowski, David A.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.159.3.217

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“…15 These findings reflect the results of El Paso CATCH, which was an effectiveness trial to decrease overweight in children and encouraged schools to change the program to fit their specific needs, and thus much of the original program was not implemented as intended. 28 It may be that given the challenges of promoting organized PA in after-school time, after-school staff adapted the intervention to meet these challenges.…”

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Factors Influencing the Implementation of Organized Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in the HOP'N After-School Obesity Prevention Program

Hastmann

Bopp

Fallon

et al. 2013

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Factors Influencing the Implementation of Organized Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in the HOP'N After-School Obesity Prevention Program

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“…For Latino children, school-based interventions provided favorable evidence for targeting obesity prevention efforts. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] For Latino adults, individually based, tailored interventions provided the most promise for the treatment of those who were already overweight or obese. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Intervention in the healthcare context, for both children and adults, also showed great potential to prevent and treat obesity within the Latino population.…”

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“…16 Each intervention had either one or two limitations in execution. BMI or BMI z-score was reported for four interventions, [16][17][18]20 and one reported percentage overweight/obese as the main outcome. 19 Almost all interventions in this category were evaluated on a case-by-case basis with regard to effect size because of missing information needed for the calculation.…”

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“…School-based interventions to improve physical activity and healthy eating among Latino children in the U.S-Five studies provided sufficient evidence to recommend school-based interventions to improve physical activity and healthy eating in the U.S. [16][17][18][19][20] Four interventions took place in elementary schools, [17][18][19][20] and one took place among an inner-city, predominantly Latina, parochial high school. 16 Two of the interventions were delivered by school staff or educators, 17,18 and three were delivered by trained project staff or other professionals.…”

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“…16 Two of the interventions were delivered by school staff or educators, 17,18 and three were delivered by trained project staff or other professionals. 16,18,20 Intervention durations ranged from 3.5 to 36 months, with varying frequency of contact (range: one to five times per week).…”

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Obesity Control in Latin American and U.S. Latinos

Holub

Elder

Arredondo

et al. 2013

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Context-Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing ethnically diverse group in the U.S.; they are also the most overweight. Mexico is now second to the U.S. in experiencing the worst epidemic of obesity in the world. Objectives of this study were to (1) conduct a systematic review of obesity-related interventions targeting Latinos living in the U.S. and Latin America and (2) develop evidence-based recommendations to inform culturally relevant strategies targeting obesity.Evidence acquisition-Obesity-related interventions, published between 1965 and 2010, were identified through searches of major electronic databases in 2010-2011. Selection criteria included evaluation of obesity-related measures; intervention conducted in a community setting; and at least 50.0% Latino/Latin American participants, or with stratified results by race/ethnicity.Evidence synthesis-Body of evidence was based on the number of available studies, study design, execution, and effect size. Of 19,758 articles, 105 interventions met final inclusion criteria. Interventions promoting physical activity and/or healthy eating had strong or sufficient evidence for recommending (1) school-based interventions in the U.S. and Latin America; (2) interventions for overweight or obese children in the healthcare context in Latin America; (3) individual-based interventions for overweight or obese adults in the U.S.; (4) individual-based interventions for adults in Latin America; and (5) healthcare-based interventions for overweight or obese adults in Latin America.Conclusions-Most intervention approaches combined physical activity and healthy eating to address both sides of the energy-balance equation. Results can help guide comprehensive evidence-based efforts to tackle the obesity epidemic in the U.S. and Latin America. ContextFor 3 decades, the worldwide obesity epidemic has continued to gain momentum. 1 The U.S. has led in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Populations of low-to middle-income countries (LMICs) historically evidenced fewer noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Address correspondence to: John P. Elder, PhD, MPH, Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH), San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego CA 92123. jelder@projects.sdsu.edu. No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper.Supplementary data A pubcast created by the authors of this paper can be viewed at www.ajpmonline.org/content/video_pubcasts_collection. HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript Author Manuscript their risk factors, suffering instead from communicable diseases and other "diseases of poverty." Nevertheless, LMICs are experiencing accelerated nutrition-related and epidemiologic transitions linked to higher rates of NCDs. 2,3 Close to 80% of the 35 million annual deaths attributable to chronic diseases worldwide occur in LMICs. Overweight and obesity comprise the fifth-leading cause of all deaths, with more than 3 million annual deaths attributed to it. 4 In the...

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Interventions for preventing obesity in children

Waters

Sanigorski

Hall

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Obesity prevention is an international public health priority. The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing in child populations throughout the world, impacting on short and long-term health. Obesity prevention strategies for children can change behaviour but efficacy in terms of preventing obesity remains poorly understood. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of interventions designed to prevent obesity in childhood through diet, physical activity and/or lifestyle and social support. Search strategy MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, CINAHL and CENTRAL were searched from 1990 to February 2005. Non-English language papers were included and experts contacted. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials and controlled clinical trials with minimum duration twelve weeks. Data collection and analysis Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed study quality. Main results Twenty-two studies were included; ten long-term (at least 12 months) and twelve short-term (12 weeks to 12 months). Nineteen were school/preschool-based interventions, one was a community-based intervention targeting low-income families, and two were familybased interventions targeting non-obese children of obese or overweight parents. Six of the ten long-term studies combined dietary education and physical activity interventions; five resulted in no difference in overweight status between groups and one resulted in improvements for girls receiving the intervention, but not boys. Two studies Interventions for preventing obesity in children (Review)

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Prevention of the Epidemic Increase in Child Risk of Overweight in Low-Income Schools

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Factors Influencing the Implementation of Organized Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in the HOP'N After-School Obesity Prevention Program

Factors Influencing the Implementation of Organized Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in the HOP'N After-School Obesity Prevention Program

Obesity Control in Latin American and U.S. Latinos

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