Family lifestyle and childhood obesity in an urban city of Northern Italy

Bracale, Renata; Marin, Laura Emma Milani; Russo, Vincenzo; Zavarrone, Emma; Ferrara, Emanuela; Balzaretti, C.; Valerio, Alessandra; Pasanisi, Fabrizio; Nisoli, Enzo; Carruba, Michele O.

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“…Studies have also identified higher levels of serum biomarkers as obesity risk factors: hypercholesterolemia , triglycerides , and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol . Low fruit and vegetable intake (<3 times/week) , a preference for fatty foods , and consumption of particular foods (e.g., meat, rice, potatoes) were also risk factors for childhood obesity.…”

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“…Two studies found that having few or no siblings was a risk factor for childhood obesity (106,204). Two studies (44,156) found that smaller household size was a risk factor, whereas another study (51) found the opposite. One study (153) found that parents who lived separately before the birth of child (versus together) were more likely to have a child identified as obese.…”

Section: Maternal Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Children with a sedentary lifestyle were at increased risk for obesity (70). This included increased number of weekday study hours (63), access to electronic entertainment and communication devices (55,63,65), having any screen time (39,48,68,100,101,116,122,193,206), television watching (35,40,48,50,51,54,61,62,68,69,82,92,100,102,104,122,124,143,145,168,173,178,195), and computer use and video gaming (48,61,69,178).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A scoping review of epidemiologic risk factors for pediatric obesity: Implications for future childhood obesity and dental caries prevention research

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Luu

Chu

2017

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Research Questions: What are the non-modifiable (socioeconomic, genetic) and modifiable factors (physical activity, dietary behaviors) related to childhood (under age 12) obesity? How can this knowledge be applied to oral health professionals' efforts to prevent or manage dental caries in children? Objectives: Studies have identified risk factors for childhood obesity. The purpose of this scoping review was to develop a conceptual model to identify nonmodifiable and modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity and to illustrate how these findings are relevant in developing interventions aimed at preventing obesity and dental caries in children. Methods: The authors searched PubMed and Embase and limited the study to English-language publications. A total of 2,572 studies were identified. After deduplication, 2,479 studies remained and were downloaded into a citationmanagement tool. Two authors screened the titles and abstracts for relevance. Two hundred and sixty studies remained and were retrieved for a full-text review, and 80 studies were excluded, resulting in 180 studies included in the scoping review. An inductive content analytic methods was used to organize all statistically significant obesity risk factors into seven domains, which were classified as nonmodifiable or modifiable; then a conceptual model of common risk factors associated with childhood obesity and dental caries was developed. Results: Non-modifiable obesity risk factors include biological and developmental (e.g., genes, developmental conditions, puberty), sociodemographic and household (e.g., race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, parent education, unemployment), cultural (e.g., degree of acculturation), and community (e.g., neighborhood composition). Modifiable risk factors included behavioral (e.g., diet, physical activity, weight), psychosocial (e.g., maternal stress, family functioning, parenting practices, child temperament), and medical (e.g., parent smoking, maternal health, child health). Conclusions: Identifying common risk factors has important implications for future oral health research aimed at preventing childhood obesity and dental caries. Epidemiologic knowledge gleaned from the literature can be used to develop rigorous interventions and programs aimed at preventing these highly prevalent diseases and improving health outcomes for children.

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A scoping review of epidemiologic risk factors for pediatric obesity: Implications for future childhood obesity and dental caries prevention research

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2017

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“…Eating habits are closely connected with body mass and children's way of life [4]. Disordered eating behavior and messy food influence on adolescents' body composition [9,23,37].…”

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Special aspects of Ukrainian schoolchildren’s eating behavior

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Єрмаков

Avdiievska

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Purpose:analysis of school age children's eating behavior. Material:in questioning 408 schoolchildren (15-16 and 17-18 years' age) participated. Distribution by sex was practically equal: 56.62% were girls and 43.38% -boys. The questionnaire included questions about frequency of eating some food during recent 30 days. Separate block of questions was devoted to eating habits and presence of the so-called "food trash" in diet. The bent to alimentary diseases was assessed by incidence of excessive body mass in respondents' families. Results:The determined food consumption permitted to assume the presence of certain eating stereotype: for boys it is directed at development o muscular mass and for girls -mainly of limiting character, connected with diets for correction of constitution. Analysis of some food eating frequency permitted to mark out alimentary risk factors, which require correction and prophylaxis. Conclusions:the found special aspects of eating behavior permit to assess children's health state as pre-nosology of alimentary genesis, manifested in excessive body mass, deficit of essential vitamins, minerals and food fibers; functional disorders of digestion.

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“…Furthermore, epigenetic mechanisms (gene-environment interactions) during developmentally vulnerable periods of life increase further the risk for obesity. Familial, socioeconomic, and lifestyle parameters have Family Relations 65 (February 2016): 85-93 been also associated with obesity in children (Birbilis, Moschonis, Mougios, Manios, & The Healthy Growth Study Group, 2013;Bracale et al, 2015;Manios et al, 2013;Moschonis et al, 2014). A recent study by Hernandez and Pressler (2015) showed that family disruption and conflict, financial stress, exposure to maternal health risk behaviors, and total cumulative stress are associated with adolescent obesity.…”

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Stress and Pediatric Obesity: Neurobiology and Behavior

Pervanidou

Chrousos

2016

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Pediatric and adolescent obesity commonly coexist with stress‐related symptoms and disorders. Stress, the state of threatened homeostasis, is associated with the acute activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system. However, the chronic activation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and sympathetic nervous system axes during chronic or intense stress can lead to a variety of psychopathological and physical conditions. Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms link chronic stress with pediatric obesity, in a bidirectional relation. Chronically stressed individuals are characterized by low adherence to a healthy lifestyle and by disturbed eating behaviors, whereas alterations in the secretion of stress hormones might also contribute to obesity and obesity‐related complications. Obesity could lead to increased social distress, low self‐esteem, and anxiety, thereby contributing to a vicious cycle between distress and obesity and increasing further the risk of cardiometabolic morbidity. This review article summarizes recent research findings and discusses mechanisms linking stress with pediatric obesity.

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Family lifestyle and childhood obesity in an urban city of Northern Italy

Cited by 7 publications

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A scoping review of epidemiologic risk factors for pediatric obesity: Implications for future childhood obesity and dental caries prevention research

A scoping review of epidemiologic risk factors for pediatric obesity: Implications for future childhood obesity and dental caries prevention research

Special aspects of Ukrainian schoolchildren’s eating behavior

Stress and Pediatric Obesity: Neurobiology and Behavior

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