The objective was to quantify mothers’ misclassification of pre-school children’s weight status and to determine factors associated with such misperception. Almost 38% of 2287 mothers underestimated their child’s weight status. The frequency of underestimation was very high among ‘at risk of being overweight’ and ‘overweight’ children (88.3 % and 54.5 %, respectively). Given that mother’s weight perception might be an important determinant of child’s body weight development, clinicians and health professionals should help mothers correctly classify their children’s weight status, which could potentially help in the early prevention of overweight and obesity.
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Cross-sectional school-based survey repeated over 12 years on more than 500 kids. In the 2004 the overweight prevalence was 8.8 % than in controls 17.8%. These data suggest that, over a long period of time, interventions targeting a variety of population groups can have synergistic effects on overweight prevalence. These data suggest that, over a long period of time, interventions targeting a variety of population groups can have synergistic effects on overweight prevalence. This gives hope that it is possible to reverse trends towards increasing overweight by actions at the community level.
This systematic review and meta-analysis is based on 21 papers describing 19 peer-reviewed studies published between 1966 and October 2004. Combination nutrition and physical activity interventions are effective at achieving weight reduction in school settings. Several promising strategies for addressing obesity in the school setting are suggested by Dr. David Katz and colleagues.
Obese men are more than 3 times as likely to have low sperm counts compared with their normal-weight peers, a study out this month in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows. The heaviest men were also at triple the risk of having only few sperm that swim forward in a straight line.
The US Whole Grains Council today released a “bran” new report titled ‘Summary of Recent Research On Whole Grains and Health’. It summarizes research that has been published since the 2005 US Dietary Guidelines. The PDF report includes information from almost four dozen studies, largely from 2006 to 2008; The report will also be made available for the 2010 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
Researchers reviewed medical records for 60,711 children between age 2 and age 18. 19% of the children were overweight, 23% were obese and 8% were severely obese. However, only 34% of all overweight and obese children were correctly diagnosed by a pediatrician.
The risk for lung cancer among those in the highest category of total cruciferous vegetable intake was 22% lower in case-control studies and 17% lower in cohort studies compared with those in the lowest category of intake.
Maintaining normal blood sugar levels as we age may protect against more than diabetes. It may also help prevent age-related memory loss, a new study shows.
A new study shows that practicing restraint becomes more important with age. Women who participated in this study had more than twice the risk of substantial weight gain if they did not become more restrained in their eating, said Larry Tucker from Brigham Young University in the US.
The report will address how the physical environment influences behaviour, and how this environment can be changed in ways that increase cancer-protective behaviour. It is intended for Multinational Bodies, National and International Civil Society Organisations, Governments, Workplaces and Institutions, Schools, Health and Other Professionals, Media and Food, Drink, Physical Activity and Allied Industries.