NHG-Standaard Obesitas

Mindfulness and eating behaviour styles in morbidly obese males and females

“…For example, in the USA, the prevalence of morbid obesity increased by 70% between 2000 and 2010 with 6.6% of the Americans classified as morbidly obese (Sturm & Hattori, 2013). In The Netherlands, 11.2% males and 12.4% females were obese in 2009, whereas the prevalence of morbid obesity was estimated at approximately 1-1.5% (Van Binsbergen et al, 2010). Extreme overweight is related to a high risk for diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, and to high financial costs for the individuals, and for society (Avenell et al, 2004;Powers, Rehrig, & Jones, 2007).…”

Effective Interventions in Overweight or Obese Young Children: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…17 Clinical guidelines from the United States, UK, and The Netherlands summarize the recommendations for the treatment of children with obesity, but do not give agespecific recommendations for young children. [18][19][20][21][22] The Cochrane review on interventions for treating obesity in children by Oude Luttikhuis and colleagues concluded that combined behavioral lifestyle interventions give favorable results, but interventions in young children were not reviewed separately. 23 Two systematic reviews were performed describing interventions to prevent or treat obesity in preschool-age children (2-5 years of age).…”

Favourable outcomes of a preventive screening and counselling programme for older people in underprivileged areas in the Netherlands: The PRIMUS project

“…Following the Dutch public health guidelines, participants with the following characteristic(s) were considered to be at increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, depression or loneliness:being a smokerhaving a BMI ≥ 25 (Van Binsbergen et al, 2010)being physically (moderately) active for less than the national norm of at least 30 min/day for at least 5 days/week (Wendel-Vos et al, 2003)drinking > 7 units of alcohol/week (Adams et al, 1996)having a score on the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-20) for subclinical depression of ≥ 16 (Thomas et al, 2001)having a score on the De Jong-Gierveld loneliness scale of ≥ 3 (de Jong and van Tilburg, 2008, de Jong-Gierveld, 1987)…”