Determinants of obesity in transition economies: The case of Russia

Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Rizov, Marian

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2007.07.001

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“…Zohoori et al (1998) find that the prevalence of obesity, as well as the alcohol consumption, has risen significantly in Russia during the 1992-1996 period. Huffman and Rizov (2007) also find that obesity has increased since 1994, over ten years of transition, by more than 30 per cent.…”

Section: The Rise Of Obesity In Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidmentioning

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The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia

Huffman

Rizov

2009

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The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia

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Rizov

2009

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“…During the transition, the diet and lifestyles of Russians changed. Russian households responded to the income and price changes as a result of the transition to a market economy (Huffman and Rizov, 2007). The energy intake has increased while the energy expenditure has decreased, a trend developed in other industrialized countries.…”

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“…A number of research papers have discussed the determinants and consequences of obesity in developed countries (Chou et al, 2004;Lakdawalla et al, 2005;Rashad et al, 2006. The trend of increasing obesity in transition countries has been analyzed for Russia (Zohoori et al 1998, Jahns et al 2003, Huffman and Rizov 2007, Huffman and Rizov 2010, Staudigel 2010) and other transition economies (Kalediene andPetrauskiene 2004, Koziel et al 2004). …”

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BMI Changes in Russian Adults: The Role of Health Related Behaviors and Spousal Relationships

Huffman

2014

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The paper investigates the effects of changes in marital status and health related behaviors (smoking and drinking) on the body mass index (BMI) in Russian adults over a ten-year period. Smoking and drinking behavior changes have played an important part in health status changes over 1994 to 2004. The results indicate that the individual weight/BMI changes asymmetrically in health determinants; the sign and the magnitude of the response are different depending on the starting point and whether there is an increase or a decrease in the explanatory variable. Males' BMI decreases with smoking and increases with quitting smoking, but females' BMI increases with drinking alcohol and decreases with stopping drinking. Losing a partner decreases only the females' BMI, but gaining a spouse/partner is associated with increases in BMI for both genders. For married females and males, the change in spousal BMI is significantly positively related. Understanding interactions between individual health-related behaviors and the set of determinants that contribute to such behaviors is a fundamental step in the design of effective interventions. Abstract:The paper investigates the effects of changes in marital status and health related

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“…Healthful eating patterns are important for obesity prevention, but the typical Russian diet is calorically dense, low in fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber, and high in animal fat and added sugars [2]. Childhood and adolescence are key times when eating behavior patterns are established, and these patterns tend to be maintained into adulthood [3].…”

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Behaviorally oriented nutrition education at a Russian summer camp improves children’s dietary choices: a quasi-experimental study

Rosenkranz

Rodicheva

Updike

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Background: It is presently unknown whether behaviorally oriented, theory-based nutrition education from a Western context could be effective for improving healthy eating behavior and its psychosocial determinants among Russian children. Effective nutrition education delivered in summer programs could potentially impact dietary patterns and play an important role in efforts to reduce childhood obesity. We hypothesized that nutrition education including an additional behavioral skills component would be superior to nutrition education without this component and that boys and girls would differ in their response to nutrition education.Methods: Boys (n = 19) and girls (n = 21), aged 8-12 years, were assigned to one of two conditions receiving 15 daily sessions of behaviorally oriented, theory-based nutrition education. One condition received an additional skills training component, including activities such as snack preparation, role-playing, and games. An innovative objective measure was used to assess change in healthy snack choices. Psychosocial determinants of healthy eating (i.e., healthy eating knowledge, fruit self-efficacy, vegetable self-efficacy, healthy eating attitudes, and fruit and vegetable enjoyment) were assessed via questionnaire. Contrary to our hypothesis, there were no significant differences in any change scores by nutrition educational condition (p > 0.05). Among the six outcomes, there was one significant sex difference for fruit and vegetable enjoyment change score (p = 0.002), as girls showed a larger increase in enjoyment over time compared to boys, and the overall nutrition education effects differed by sex (F = 3.03, p = 0.019). Conclusions: Nutrition education, with or without behavioral skills training, was associated with improved healthy snack choices, healthy eating attitudes, and knowledge, but the impact differed by sex. Future research should evaluate the long-term impacts of behaviorally oriented nutrition education among Russian boys and girls.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03077464

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Determinants of obesity in transition economies: The case of Russia

Cited by 56 publications

References 27 publications

The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia

The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia

BMI Changes in Russian Adults: The Role of Health Related Behaviors and Spousal Relationships

Behaviorally oriented nutrition education at a Russian summer camp improves children’s dietary choices: a quasi-experimental study

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