She is responsible for managing a grant portfolio of research projects related to human nutrition and
adult obesity prevention clinical trials.
Not exact matches
These findings have important implications for Type 2 diabetes
prevention, especially in more recent
adults with high levels of
obesity.»
The report also explains the assessment that the organization uses to address the biggest health challenges facing its service area, including cancer,
adult diabetes, trauma care and violence
prevention, sexually transmitted infections, and pediatric
obesity and asthma.
Their lifelong food preferences are established at a very young age; therefore, feeding for
prevention of
adult conditions such as
obesity starts in kittenhood!
Second, it is more difficult to reduce excessive weight in adolescents and
adults once it becomes established; therefore, it may be helpful to initiate
obesity prevention interventions during early childhood.16 There is a growing consensus that the appropriate period to target
obesity prevention interventions is the early years in a child's life.17 The aim of the present review was, therefore, to examine the evidence for environmental influences on dietary determinants of
obesity, focusing on younger children (birth to 8 years).