Effects of a physical activity intervention in preschool children

K Roth, S Kriemler, W Lehmacher, KC Ruf… - Medicine and science …, 2015 - zora.uzh.ch
PURPOSE To evaluate a multi-component, child-appropriate preschool intervention
program led by preschool teachers to enhance physical activity (PA) and motor skill …

[HTML][HTML] Weekday-weekend patterns of physical activity and screen time in parents and their pre-schoolers

D Sigmundová, E Sigmund, P Badura, J Vokáčová… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background This study focuses on the comparison of weekday/weekend parent-child
behavioural patterns (step count (SC) and screen time (ST)) and answers the question of …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among kindergarten teachers in Chongqing, China: A cross-sectional survey

H Liu, X Xu, D Liu, Y Rao, C Reis, M Sharma… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Kindergarten teachers play an important role in providing kindergarten children with
education on nutrition. However, few studies have been published on nutrition-related …

Improving self-regulation for obesity prevention in head start: a randomized controlled trial

JC Lumeng, AL Miller, MA Horodynski… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of an intervention to improve emotional and
behavioral self-regulation in combination with an obesity-prevention program on the …

The SI! Program for cardiovascular health promotion in early childhood: a cluster-randomized trial

JL Peñalvo, G Santos-Beneit, M Sotos-Prieto… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: The preschool years offer a unique window of opportunity to instill healthy life-
style behaviors and promote cardiovascular health. Objectives: This study sought to …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen

SL Prady, EP Uphoff, M Power, S Golder - BMC Medical Research …, 2018 - Springer
Background Health inequalities, worse health associated with social and economic
disadvantage, are reported by a minority of research articles. Locating these studies when …

[HTML][HTML] A web-and mobile phone-based intervention to prevent obesity in 4-year-olds (MINISTOP): a population-based randomized controlled trial

C Delisle, S Sandin, E Forsum, H Henriksson… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity is an increasing health problem globally. Overweight and
obesity may be established as early as 2–5 years of age, highlighting the need for evidence …

How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews

C Bambra, F Hillier, J Cairns… - Public health …, 2015 - durham-repository.worktribe.com
Background: Tackling obesity is one of the major contemporary public health policy
challenges and is vital in terms of addressing health inequalities. Objectives: To …

A systematic review of the implementation of obesity prevention interventions in early childcare and education settings using the RE-AIM framework

JC Sanchez-Flack, A Herman, J Buscemi… - Translational …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Previous systematic reviews have examined the efficacy of obesity prevention interventions
within early childcare/education settings. Often lacking in these reviews is reporting on …

[HTML][HTML] Childcare physical activity interventions: a discussion of similarities and differences and trends, issues, and recommendations

RA Jones, E Sousa-Sá, M Peden, AD Okely - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings have a pivotal role in the promotion of
physical activity for young children, and thus, the number of ECEC-based physical activity …