Childhood Overweight: Prevention Strategies for Parents

Abstract

In recent years, childhood obesity has become a worldwide issue. The growing list of negative outcomes associated with its occurrence is constantly increasing the need for prevention and intervention. Although there is still much to learn about the causes and outcomes associated with childhood obesity, current empirical information is already available and should be used to influence good parenting practices. Observing good nutrition during pregnancy and prenatal monitoring; breastfeeding for 7 months and longer, if possible; introducing young children to healthy food in a positive context; and choosing physical activities are all important strategies for parents in preventing childhood obesity.

Childhood Obesity

“…Beginning before birth, prenatal visits are crucial to monitor the health of both the mother and the fetus and to identify problems during pregnancy that can lead to high birth weights. According to Philipsen and Philipsen (2008), excessive maternal weight gain has been shown to correlate with high birth weight rates as well as inadequate Downloaded by [Nanyang Technological University] at 15:52 06 June 2016 nutrition and low birth weights, showing evidence of the importance of prenatal health care and prevention of obesity. During infancy, a child is exposed to environmental factors that may or may not contribute to weight gain.…”

“…The length of time a child was breastfed might be associated with obesity. According to Philipsen and Philipsen (2008), identifying 7 months as a target length of time, the longer a child is breastfed; the risk of becoming overweight or obese is reduced. It was also noted that children who were not breastfed had a greater risk of becoming obese than those who were.…”

PrIMe

“…They generally offer various levels of granularity distinguishing warning, debugging information or severe errors for instance. Logging architectures are being applied to many facets of computer systems, including communication networks (PIX Logging Architecture [Philipsen 2008]), programming languages (log4j [The Apache Logging Services Project 2007] for Java), operating system (Linux logs [Walden 2003]), and Grid computing (R-GMA [Byrom et al 2003]). A major concern investigated in such logging architectures, which we share and have investigated with regards to provenance , is the impact of the logging activities on application performance.…”

Bereavement in Early Life and Later Childhood Overweight

“…However, little is known about the etiology [5,6]. Breastfeeding has been associated with a lower risk [7,8], while over- or undernutrition in infancy followed by overnutrition has been associated with increased risk of childhood or adulthood obesity [9]. Several other variables related to birth as well as to behavioral and social factors have been suggested to be associated with the risk of childhood obesity, but the evidence remains uncertain [10], providing limited clues for effective prevention [5,6].…”