Sentences with phrase «obesity in the intervention group»

At the end of the year, after adjusting for the baseline prevalence of being overweight, the authors found a 31 % decrease in the risk of obesity in the intervention group.

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«The benefit of the study is it may help in the identification of a high - risk group of children who may require specific interventions to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life,» she says.

There is no easy answer in our ongoing battle against obesity, but identifying the link between the drop in physical activity and increased BMIs, as well as the groups particularly affected, can assist public health officials to develop targeted, effective interventions.

Of a number of published evidence reviews on strategies for preventing childhood obesity, 8 — 15 only one published in 2007 has focused on environmental influences of obesity - related dietary behaviours in children and young people (aged 3 — 18 years).15 It found consistent associations between parental influences (parental food intake and education) and obesity in this age group.15 The early years are a priority population for intervention strategies for two reasons.

Some studies show higher rates of overweight and obesity in people from a lower socioeconomic status [42], suggesting that these groups should be targeted for research and interventions.