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Filter by:This study will evaluate an innovative school lunch intervention that is designed to increase school meal participation and improve dietary intake among middle and high school students.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a behavioral weight loss group in conjunction with a prescribed breakfast can help children between 8 and 12 years of age change their behaviors to help them lose weight and become healthier.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a 1-year transdisciplinary program against childhood obesity.
The purpose of this study is to test the Fitwits office tool and games with 6-9 year old children and their parents to: 1) assist parent-child dyad with correct BMI status identification and understanding; 2) address nutrition, portion size, and activity cues; and, 3) track BMI trajectory over 12-month period.
Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease where genetics play an important role in predisposing children to early onset obesity. Though many obesity susceptible genes and variants have been identified with obesity, the most common obesity gene, MC4R only accounts for 5% of all early onset obesity cases. This implies that there may be more obesity related genes and variants that need to be unravelled to further delineate the relationship between obesity and genetics. The investigators propose in screening the exonic regions of all the genes in obese subjects using whole-exome sequencing (WES) to discover novel obesity related variants and genes. Primary hypothesis The investigators hypothesized that our paediatric subjects with early-onset severe obesity will have strong genetic predisposition and therefore the cohort would be enriched with obesity susceptibility genetic variants. Secondary hypothesis The investigators hypothesized that there is increasing prevalence of, and possibly worsening, obesity-related complications (namely glucose intolerance, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in our severely obese children, as compared to 15 years ago, due to an increasingly obesogenic environment promoting unhealthy lifestyle and eating habits.
The investigators long term-goal is to help YMCA programs across the nation successfully acheive the Y of USA "Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards". Our objective here is threefold. First, the investigators will work with South Carolina YMCA leadership to achieve the "Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards" and implement our HEPA Strategies in YMCA programs across the state, evaluate the uptake of and adherence to the standards and strategies, and identify factors that influence their implementation. Second, the investigators will evaluate the impact of acheiving the standards on children's MVPA and the serving and consumption of FV and water during the programs. Third, the investigators will evaluate the costs associated with and the cost-effectiveness of meeting the standards in terms of improvements in activity and healthy eating.
Background: Obesity is associated with alterations in iron metabolism leading to iron deficiency. Aim: to study the prevalence of obesity among primary school students, assess iron status among overweight/obese children with age ranging between 6 and 12 years and the effect of weight reduction program on iron status. Patients and Methods: The study will be conducted on 2 groups. Group 1 will include 1025 primary school children recruited from 2 urban schools in Cairo with age ranging between 6 and 12. Anthropometric measures and prevalence of overweight/obesity will be assessed. Group 2 will include 100 obese children according to the CDC definition and 50 age and sex matched children with normal weight. All will be subjected to history taking, anthropometric measures, complete blood picture, iron profile and soluble transferrin receptor. Weight reduction program for 6 months will be done for obese children and all parameters will be re-ckecked.
Children who are above healthy weight are more likely to be ill and to miss time off school. Being overweight in childhood can also sow the seeds for health problems in later life such as heart disease and diabetes. Most overweight children become overweight adults. One solution is to try to prevent children becoming overweight by intervening very early in life. The risk factors for childhood overweight are known and this project aims to facilitate parents' (and other carers') understanding about this for their infant and to enable them to access intervention. UK health visitors (public health nurses) will use an interactive, multimedia programme (Proactive Assessment of Overweight Risk during infancy (ProAsk)), with parents to calculate their infant's risk and to discuss strategies for risk reduction as appropriate. Health visitors will be trained to communicate obesity risk and in Motivational Interviewing techniques to enable them to offer intervention to parents of infants identified as at risk. A feasibility study of ProAsk will take place in two health provider organisations in the UK. The purpose of this is to a) determine the acceptability and utility of the ProAsk intervention with health visitors and parents and b) gather information to inform the trial design and data collection procedures for a future Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).
Approximately one third of the children and adolescents in the United States are either overweight or obese. Childhood obesity disproportionately affects specific racial and ethnic groups and households with low socioeconomic status and low parental education. The Alternative Learning Center (ALC) within Rochester School District 535 provides viable educational options for students who are experiencing difficulty in regular educational systems. A greater proportion of students at ALC are minorities, qualify for free and reduced lunch and receive special education services. These children are likely to have unique barriers to physical activity and healthy eating. Specific Aims: Aim 1: Examine the association between BMI and ethnic/ socioeconomic variables and behaviors related to physical activity and eating in ALC students. Aim 2: Develop an age and culturally appropriate on-site program that promotes healthy lifestyle.
The purpose of this study is to identify whether specific clinical practices—including attention to body-mass-index (BMI) screening/overweight/obesity, medical risk (from conditions associated with overweight/obesity such as high blood pressure), and following up to reassess progress—will improve the weight status of overweight school-age children.