Experiences of self-monitoring: successes and struggles during treatment for weight loss

LE Burke, V Swigart, M Warziski Turk… - Qualitative health …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
We interviewed 15 individuals who completed a behavioral weight loss treatment study with
the aim of exploring participants' reflections on their feelings, attitudes, and behaviors while …

Activity sculptures: Exploring the impact of physical visualizations on running activity

S Stusak, A Tabard, F Sauka, RA Khot… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data sculptures are a promising type of visualizations in which data is given a physical form.
In the past, they have mostly been used for artistic, communicative or educational purposes …

Obesity in Mexico: prevalence, comorbidities, associations with patient outcomes, and treatment experiences

MD DiBonaventura, H Meincke, A Le Lay… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The goal of this study is to investigate obesity and its concomitant effects including
the prevalence of comorbidities, its association with patient-reported outcomes and costs …

Measures of the home environment related to childhood obesity: a systematic review

CA Pinard, AL Yaroch, MH Hart, EL Serrano… - Public health …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveDue to a proliferation of measures for different components of the home
environment related to childhood obesity, the purpose of the present systematic review was …

“He's probably more Mr. sport than me” – a qualitative exploration of mothers' perceptions of fathers' role in their children's physical activity

J Zahra, SJ Sebire, R Jago - BMC pediatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Many children do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity. Parents
can influence their children's physical activity in a number of ways but little research has …

A primary care–based, multicomponent lifestyle intervention for overweight adolescent females

LL DeBar, VJ Stevens, N Perrin, P Wu, J Pearson… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Most clinic-based weight control treatments for youth
have been designed for preadolescent children by using family-based care. However, as …

Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults

SK Kumanyika, TA Wadden, J Shults… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Family and friend participation may provide culturally salient social support for
weight loss in African American adults. Methods SHARE (Supporting Healthy Activity and …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity and socio-economic groups in Europe: Evidence review and implications for action.

A Robertson - 2007 - ucviden.dk
Views expressed in this report are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect
the opinion of the European Commission. The European Commission does not guarantee …

School based interventions versus family based interventions in the treatment of childhood obesity-a systematic review

SK Kothandan - Archives of Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background The prevalence of childhood obesity, which has seen a rapid increase over the
last decade, is now considered a major public health problem. Current treatment options are …

Caregiver involvement in interventions for improving children's dietary intake and physical activity behaviors

EH Morgan, A Schoonees, U Sriram… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Poor diet and insufficient physical activity are major risk factors for non‐
communicable diseases. Developing healthy diet and physical activity behaviors early in life …