School education and childhood obesity: A systemic review

Nga, Vu Thi; Dung, V.; Chu, Dinh‐Toi; Tien, Nguyen Le Bao; Thanh, Vo Van; Ngọc, Võ Trương Như; Hoan, Le Ngoc; Phương, Nguyễn Thị; Pham, Van Huy; Tao, Yang; Linh, Nguyen Phuong; Show, Pau Loke; Do, Duc-Lan

doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2019.07.014

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“…There is a closed relationship between school education and obesity as education raises awareness of health and nutrition and helps children have healthier choices and lifestyles. However, the school-based campaign could not help decrease the prevalence of obesity without support from schools, families, communities and public health policymakers, who should cooperate for a better healthy environment for children [ 22 ].…”

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Prevalence of Underweight, Overweight and Obesity in School-Aged Children in the Urban Area of the Northwestern Part of Romania

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Introduction: During the last three decades, there has been an excess weight epidemic due to changes in nutrition and lifestyle. Few data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in Romania were published, without a single study representative at the national level. There are reports on the higher level of overweight and obesity in urban areas compared to rural ones. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and severe obesity in children enrolled in schools from the urban area. Material and methods: For this cross-sectional study, children from 177 schools from the urban area of five counties from the northwestern part of Romania were included after the parents signed written informed consent. Anthropometric data were recorded (weight, height) based on World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and Body-Mass-Index (BMI), and the z-score for BMI were calculated. The nutritional status was estimated using three reference criteria: WHO, International Obesity Task Force (IOTC) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Results: We analyzed data of 21,650 children (48.19% boys) age between 7 and 18 years. The prevalence of overweight was 13.8%, 16.2% and 20.3%, of obesity was 10.7%, 10.0% and 5.7% and of severe obesity was 5.1%, 1.2% and 1.6% (using WHO, CDC and IOTF cut-offs). Underweight was present in 5.2% (WHO), 6% (CDC) and 2.6% (IOTF). The highest prevalence of overweight (including obesity) was found in children aged 10 years, and the lowest in adolescents at 18 years. Boys have a higher prevalence of excess weight than girls. Using IOTF cut-offs, the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity was lower than using WHO criteria. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children from the urban area of Western Romania was recorded at alarming levels, higher in boys and at the pre-puberty ages. There are significant differences based on the reference system used. It is important to correctly choose the reference for the definition of overweight and obesity to have the correct estimation of the target for public health measures.

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“…The qualitative data was coded using the QSR NVivo10 (Copyright® QSR International Pty Ltd) qualitative analysis software (Bazeley & Jackson, 2013). Organising the qualitative data into themes through grouping reoccurring codes allowed for further analysis (Maxwell, 2013). The four themes that abductively emerged from the thematic analysis were: taste preferences, commercial branding, convenience, and health consciousness.…”

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Participatory Design Research of Vegetable-Based Snack Products With Adolescent Participants

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Gill²,

Loudon³

2020

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2020)

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The childhood obesity epidemic is often attributed to the widespread marketing of High Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) foods. Currently, there is a lack of vegetable-based New Product Development (NPD) targeting adolescent consumers. The study aimed to investigate adolescents' willingness to incorporate three vegetables: cauliflower, potatoes and cabbage into vegetable-based snack products. Two participatory design research sessions were conducted with Welsh adolescents aged 12-to 13-years-old (n=41). The adolescents undertook three activities: (1) listing snack products currently eaten; (2) determining foods they associated with cauliflower, potatoes and cabbage; and, (3) designing a new vegetable-based snack product. Abductive thematic analysis resulted in four themes: taste preferences, commercial branding, convenience, and health consciousness. Developing healthy vegetable-based snack products could potentially improve the dietary quality of adolescents. This is one of the first participatory design research studies to include adolescents in the NPD process for healthy snack products.

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“…Childhood obesity interventions are commonly based on the concept of energy balance [ 8 ]. Energy balance is equivalent to energy intake, minus energy expenditure.…”

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“…Based on this theory, if energy intake is greater than energy expenditure, it results in excess adiposity. Currently, two common approaches to obesity management involve either, or a combination of both; decreasing energy intake through nutritional education and healthy eating, or increasing energy expenditure through physical activity [ 8 ]. Conversely, Flatt et al highlight that obesity management is not simplistic but rather multifactorial in nature [ 9 ].…”

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Physiotherapy and related management for childhood obesity: A systematic scoping review

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Introduction Despite targeted efforts globally to address childhood overweight/obesity, it remains poorly understood and challenging to manage. Physiotherapists have the potential to manage children with obesity as they are experts in movement and physical activity. However, their role remains unclear due to a lack of physiotherapy-specific guidelines. This scoping review aims to explore existing literature, critically appraising and synthesising findings to guide physiotherapists in the evidence-based management of childhood overweight/obesity. Method A scoping review was conducted, including literature up to May 2020. A review protocol exists on Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/fap8g/. Four databases were accessed including PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Medline via OVID, with grey literature searched through google via “file:pdf”. A descriptive synthesis was undertaken to explore the impact of existing interventions and their efficacy. Results From the initial capture of 1871 articles, 263 intervention-based articles were included. Interventions included qualitative focused physical activity, quantitative focused physical activity and multicomponent interventions. Various outcome measures were utilised including health-, performance- and behaviour-related outcomes. The general trend for physiotherapy involvement with children who are obese appears to favour: 1) multicomponent interventions, implementing more than one component with environmental modification and parental involvement and 2) quantitative physical activity interventions, focusing on the quantity of bodily movement. These approaches most consistently demonstrated desirable changes across behavioural and health-related outcome measures for multicomponent and quantitative physical activity interventions respectively. Conclusion When managing children with obesity, physiotherapists should consider multicomponent approaches and increasing the quantity of physical activity, given consistent improvements in various obesity-related outcomes. Such approaches are well suited to the scope of physiotherapists and their expertise in physical activity prescription for the management of childhood obesity. Future research should examine the effect of motor skill interventions and consider the role of environmental modification/parental involvement as factors contributing to intervention success.

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School education and childhood obesity: A systemic review

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References 66 publications

Prevalence of Underweight, Overweight and Obesity in School-Aged Children in the Urban Area of the Northwestern Part of Romania

Prevalence of Underweight, Overweight and Obesity in School-Aged Children in the Urban Area of the Northwestern Part of Romania

Participatory Design Research of Vegetable-Based Snack Products With Adolescent Participants

Physiotherapy and related management for childhood obesity: A systematic scoping review

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