Archive for category Physical Activity

A Multidisciplinary View of Obesity

May 14

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The Australian Economic Review published in March 2008 the following interrelated articles on obesity:

‘Ask Me Why I’m Fat!’ The Need to Engage with Potential Recipients of Health Promotion Policy to Prevent Obesity by Douglas, Greener and van Teijlingen

Economics and Obesity by Mavromaras

Fat Is Good for Business by Moodie

The Vulnerable and the Disadvantaged by Cate Burns

Assessing the Evidence Base for Interventions to Prevent the Further Increase in Obesity by Avenell and Goode

All introduced by the excellent editorial Goode and Mavromaras: Obesity as a Multidisciplinary Research Topic

Please enjoy.

Obesogenic environments

May 7

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Professor Stanley Ulijaszek from Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity at University of Oxford wrote in 2006 an interesting article entitled Obesity: a disorder of convenience in Obesity Reviews.

He describes obesity as broadly attributed to the fact that environments are obesogenic. Read more in his excellent review that examines obesity from biocultural anthropological perspectives. The article is free to access here.

Obesity Video Campaign targeted Parents

Apr 17

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Take a look at these amazing videos designed to inspire parents to prevent childhod obesity. All videos are part of the smallsteps.gov campaign and include some artificial silicone “fat”.

Belly -He proabably lost it walking on the beach
Butt – They probably lost it playing with their kids
Chin – Must have lost it snacking on fruits and vegetables
Love Handles – Lots of people loose em taking the stairs instead of the escalators
Porter – The guy who just checked out must have lost it snacking on fruits and vegetables
Second Helpings – Wait 15 minutes before having seconds
Spare Tire – They must have lost it parking further away walking to the stadium
Theater – Someone must have lost it eating smaller size popcorn
Thunder Tights – They must have lost them playing with their kids in the snow

The videos are made for free by McCann-Erickson in New York. Find all the 100 small steps here.

Please also visit the small steps campaign for kids here.

Computer-tailored lifestyle interventions

Apr 16

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The following Dutch researchers Anke Oenema , Johannes Brug, Arie Dijkstra, Inge de Weerdt and Hein de Vries just published a randomized controlled trial targeting saturated fat intake, physical activity, and smoking cessation. They concluded that the Internet-delivered, computer-tailored lifestyle intervention was effective in reducing self-reported saturated fat intake and in increasing self-reported PA among participants who completed the study.

Please find the study here.