Sentences with phrase «of obesity prevention»

Nutrition Research Newsletter (2003) reported on a study done by the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont (Berino, 2003), in which Active Parenting was used as part of an obesity prevention program with Native American children in a home visitation intervention with their parents.

Identification of the links between PTSD and obesogenic eating behaviors is necessary to clarify this pathway and inform development of obesity prevention strategies in PTSD - affected populations.

Dr. Stice conducted a meta - analytic review of obesity prevention programs for children and adolescents, which was published in Psychological Bulletin in 2005.

The report Adoption of obesity prevention policies and practices by Australian primary schools: 2006 to 2013, published in 2015, looked at the extent to which schools have adopted obesity prevention policies and practices.

N. Nathan, L. Wolfenden, C. M. Williams, S. L. Yoong, C. Lecathelinais, A. C. Bell, R. Wyse, R. Sutherland, J. Wiggers; Adoption of obesity prevention policies and practices by Australian primary schools: 2006 to 2013.

The claims have come amid a shift in focus in nutrition from fat to sugar, with warnings about the artery - clogging risks of butter and beef taking a backseat to new efforts to tax sugar - sweetened beverages - even as debates continue over the science of obesity prevention.

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The company lobbies Washington on a wide range of issues including diabetes prevention, budget matters, chronic disease and making obesity an accepted medical disease that insurers will pay to prevent, Brooks said.

This includes a $ 37 million pledge to the University of Washington School of Social work, $ 11 million for scholarships to Washington residents in STEM fields, a $ 50 million pledge to the University of Oregon for scholarships and obesity prevention, and about $ 60 million to Harvard's computer science facility.

But, more than that, they would show you, by the characters they featured and the plotlines they put forward, a new way of seeing things on issues ranging from racial equality to obesity prevention to the global fight against AIDS.

Some of the proteins altered by capsaicin treatment have been linked to obesity — or its prevention — before.

A plant - based diet appears to be a sensible approach for the prevention of obesity in children.»

«With today's announcement, this initiative has awarded more than $ 1.3 million in childhood obesity prevention funding over the past three years,» said Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The grant program is the result of a partnership between USCM and the American Beverage Association (ABA), to support and / or enhance mayors» ongoing childhood obesity prevention programs in their cities.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

Interventions in urban - fringe and rural stores targeting the shelf space of healthy foods and the placement of soft drinks at key displays may be useful obesity prevention initiatives.

The NPHS focused on obesity, tobacco and alcohol, and set a number of targets for prevention.

Jennie C Brand - Miller, Alan W Barclay; Declining consumption of added sugars and sugar - sweetened beverages in Australia: a challenge for obesity prevention, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 105, Issue 4, 1 April 2017, Pages 854 — 863, https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.145318

Breastfeeding has been strongly linked to the prevention of SIDS and is believed to lower a child's risk of obesity, diabetes and some cancers though more research is required for definitive proof.

As someone who sees numerous cases of childhood obesity in his office every day, its prevention is a cause near and dear to his heart.

They found that adolescents averaged 39 minutes per day of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity across all locations, which placed them among the estimated 92 percent of U.S. youths who don't get the 60 minutes of daily exercise recommended for healthy development and obesity prevention.

His research interests are in health policy, organizational change, health behavior during developmental transitions, influence of sports participation on health, social determinants of health, program evaluation, prevention of alcohol attributable harm, physical activity promotion, obesity prevention, and motor vehicle safety.

«Maybe we shouldn't be touting breastfeeding as an obesity prevention method, but it's still important,» Ventura, who wasn't part of the research team, told Reuters Health.

Help kids fit in at least 60 minutes of fitness every day (for weight loss, maintenance, obesity prevention, and general health).

I felt very proud I was able to offer him such a great start, as I'd read the endless studies about how breastfeeding can help with brain growth, prevention of illness and obesity, and so on.

Breastfeeding is an ideal window of opportunity for the prevention of obesity and a host of other health problems.

Child maltreatment harms people and society, contributing to costly long — term health problems ranging from heart disease and obesity to depression and anxiety, making this type of prevention study critical.»

IBFAN participated in the development of the ECHO Report and is pleased that many of our comments were taken on board, in particular the recognition of the importance of breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding in obesity prevention.

The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining less rapidly than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18

Early investments in prevention of low birth weight and stunting, and early initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding, contribute to reducing the risk of later obesity and chronic diseases.

For instance, it has been consistently associated with prevention of childhood / adolescence obesity, a condition that can harm the child's self - esteem and socio - emotional development.

To better understand the relationship between youth sport participation and obesity prevention, we systematically reviewed the existing research on the association between sport participation and body weight, plus two major determinants of obesity, physical activity, and dietary intake.

The Creative Kitchen Kids Food Festival To - Go aids in the prevention of childhood obesity through programming that's simultaneously fun and educational, supporting the concept of learning through play.

Her research focuses on family and community contributions to child obesity and the development of sustainable obesity prevention programs.

While there is pediatric expert consensus and recognition that early obesity prevention is a public health concern, AAP experts wanted to know what parents, as day - to - day experts of their children, thought about early obesity prevention.

One important health benefit of breastfeeding is prevention of obesity.

The Healthy Active Living for Families: Right From the Start program (HALF) is a project of the American Academy of Pediatrics to address early childhood obesity prevention that integrates the parent perspective and evidence - informed pediatric health guidance.

Yet breastfeeding is an ideal window of opportunity for the prevention of obesity and a host of other health problems.

When prevention of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions is factored in, the potential economic benefits of breastfeeding are significantly greater.

We are still far from having conclusive evidence regarding the biological mechanism (s) that may explain a link between breastfeeding and the prevention of obesity.

This parliamentary session, the Health Committee, under Wollaston's prospective leadership, will also look into nursing bursaries and the nursing workforce, children and young people's mental health, childhood obesity and the success of the sugar tax (which comes into force next year), alongside following up on the group «s suicide prevention inquiry, end - of - life care and better births.

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Community Walking Project Enters Final Phase «Team Members Log Twenty - One Million Steps» In the ten weeks since they began, the ninety - seven participants taking part in the «A Better Me: Fit, Healthy and Happy» fitness program sponsored by the Oneida County Health Department have cumulatively walked the equivalent of 39 - hundred miles while learning about the benefits of proper nutrition and the prevention of diabetes and obesity, according to Dr. Gayle Jones, Oneida County Director of Health.

The week ended with the USDA rejecting Mayor Bloomberg's ill - conceived obesity - prevention pilot project banning the purchase of soda with Food Stamps.

«This could have significant clinical applications, especially for the prevention and treatment of obesity and cardiovascular disease.»

The findings are now helping us to trial new nutritional interventions before and during pregnancy to reduce the baby's risk of obesity in childhood and later life, and strengthen the view that effective prevention of childhood obesity has to begin before the baby is born.

With regard to the prevention of obesity, the overall nutritional behavior beyond the consumption of fruit and vegetables should be taken into account, according to the researchers.

«Together, our data strongly suggest that cutaneous gene therapy with inducible expression of GLP1 can be used for the treatment and prevention of diet - induced obesity and pathologies,» the authors wrote.

The request proposes cutting $ 163 million from the agency's chronic disease prevention programs, which aim to reduce incidence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity.

The tax would have an added bonus, the study said, of generating revenue for additional obesity prevention programs.

A tax on sugar - sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks would reduce obesity in adolescents more than other policies, such as exercise or an advertising ban, and would also generate significant revenue for additional obesity prevention activities, say researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.