Interventions for preventing obesity in children

L Hooper, Y Gao, A Zayegh, S Ijaz… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given
the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development …

Effectiveness of school food environment policies on children's dietary behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

R Micha, D Karageorgou, I Bakogianni, E Trichia… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background School food environment policies may be a critical tool to promote healthy diets
in children, yet their effectiveness remains unclear. Objective To systematically review and …

[PDF][PDF] Research methods: The essential knowledge base

WMK Trochim, JP Donnelly, K Arora - 2016 - amberton.edu
Summer, 2024 Page 1 AMBERTON UNIVERSITY e-COURSE SYLLABUS RGS6035.E2 Theory
& Application of Research Methods Summer, 2024 PROFESSOR INFORMATION: Name: Dr …

What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Y Wang, L Cai, Y Wu, RF Wilson, C Weston… - Obesity …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Previous reviews of childhood obesity prevention have focused largely on schools and
findings have been inconsistent. Funded by the US A gency for H ealthcare R esearch and …

The World Health Organization's Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

R Langford, C Bonell, H Jones, T Pouliou, S Murphy… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Healthy children achieve better educational outcomes which, in turn, are
associated with improved health later in life. The World Health Organization's Health …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions with health education to reduce body mass index in adolescents aged 10 to 19 years

CM Jacob, PL Hardy-Johnson, HM Inskip… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Adolescents are increasingly susceptible to obesity, and thus at risk of later non-
communicable diseases, due to changes in food choices, physical activity levels and …

The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well‐being of students and their academic achievement

R Langford, CP Bonell, HE Jones… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The World Health Organization's (WHO's) Health Promoting Schools (HPS)
framework is an holistic, settings‐based approach to promoting health and educational …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the overall effects of school-based obesity prevention interventions and effect differences by intervention components

Z Liu, HM Xu, LM Wen, YZ Peng, LZ Lin, S Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern. School-based
interventions hold great promise to combat the rising trend of childhood obesity. This …

Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

D Mozaffarian, A Afshin, NL Benowitz, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions to improve daily fruit and vegetable intake in children aged 5 to 12 y

CEL Evans, MS Christian, CL Cleghorn… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: To our knowledge, no reviews have assessed the impact of a range of multi-
and single-component school-based programs on daily fruit and vegetable intake by using a …