Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents, 2007-2008

Ogden, Cynthia L.; Carroll, Margaret D.; Curtin, Lester R.; Lamb, Molly M.; Flegal, Katherine M.

doi:10.1001/jama.2009.2012

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“…Studies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland have all demonstrated a doubling of the risk of childhood obesity in both boys and girls born to overweight mothers and this risk is raised fourfold in those born to obese mothers. 43,44 These studies have also shown the long-term effects of maternal obesity on offspring is apparent across a broad age range, from 2 to 18 years. 44 The accuracy of defining raised a BMI in childhood (>95th percentile for the age-matched child) often provokes controversy, as there is variance within different age-groups, particularly during adolescence.…”

Section: Childhood Obesitymentioning

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“…In the United States the rate of childhood obesity has stabilized at 17% since 1999, having tripled in the period prior to this from 1980. 3 The problem of obesity has more recently become apparent in the developing world where its incidence has also tripled over the past 20 years. Figures from developed countries estimate that between 24 and 35% of the general adult population are obese, with a further 40% overweight.…”

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The maternal and fetal impacts of obesity and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcome

Dennedy

Dunne

2010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metab

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The maternal and fetal impacts of obesity and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcome

Dennedy

Dunne

2010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metab

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“…In 2000, the Network was launched in response to the growing childhood obesity epidemic (21,(24)(25)(26) . The purpose of the Network was to coordinate the delivery of nutrition education messages to the low-income population eligible for the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and to navigate and understand the SNAP programme (27) .…”

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Challenges to parent nutrition education: a qualitative study of parents of urban children attending low-income schools

Slusser

Prelip

Kinsler

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The present study was undertaken to learn more about parents' (i) knowledge regarding healthy foods, factors associated with food purchasing and preparation, and current nutrition education resources, (ii) barriers to and promoters for establishing healthy eating habits for children and families, and (iii) interest in participating in nutrition interventions. Design: Focus group interviews were conducted with parents of low-income children from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Setting: LAUSD Title 1 elementary schools where 50 % or more of students are eligible for free/reduced-price meals. Subjects: Sixty-four parents (93 % female; 84 % Hispanic/Latino) of elementaryschool students. Results: The most common barriers to eating healthy foods were cost, difficulty in getting children to eat healthier foods and easy access to fast food. Parents had a basic knowledge about what foods are healthy and received most of their nutrition education through the media. Parents expressed a desire for nutrition classes and almost all of them said they would attend a nutrition programme at their child's school. Topic areas of interest included what to purchase, how to cook healthier foods, how to encourage their children to eat healthier and how to read food labels. Parents also requested classes that engage the whole family, especially fathers. Conclusions: Parents in our study were interested in participating in nutrition education programmes. The information from these focus groups was used to design a parent nutrition education programme especially designed to respond to the needs of the LAUSD parents, the majority of whom are low-income and Hispanic/Latino.

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“…The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents has grown over the past three decades, recently reaching 17 % (1)(2)(3) , over half of the adult obesity prevalence rate, which stood at nearly 36 % in 2009-2010 (3) . Obesity and related co-morbidities have public health as well as economic implications (4,5) .…”

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Factors affecting fruit and vegetable school lunch waste in Wisconsin elementary schools participating in Farm to School programmes

Yoder

Foecke

Schoeller

2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine characteristics potentially associated with school lunch fruit and vegetable waste, both overall and pre/post implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Design: Multi-year (2010Multi-year ( -2013 cross-sectional study using pre-and post-meal digital photographs of students' school lunch trays to estimate fruit and vegetable availability and consumption. Fruit and vegetable items were categorized for factors suspected to impact waste: prior farm to school years, placement (main menu, salad bar), procurement (local, conventional), preparation (cooked, raw) and meal component (entrée, side, topping). Analyses to assess within-category differences in waste volume were performed using a Tobit model. Setting: Wisconsin elementary schools participating in farm to school programmes, USA. Subjects: Children in third to fifth grade. Results: Many within-factor differences were detected overall and/or across time. Cooked fruits were wasted less than raw, while cooked vegetables were wasted more than raw. Where identified, locally sourced items were wasted more than conventionally sourced (+0·1 cups, P < 0·0001) and salad bar items more than main menu items (+0·01 cups, P < 0·0001). Increasing prior farm to school years decreased waste (−0·02 cups, P < 0·0001). Items previously tried were wasted at the same volume whether reported as liked or not. New school lunch meal pattern requirement implementation did not uniformly impact fruit and vegetable waste across all categories and there was no change in waste for seven of fifteen assessed categories. Conclusions: Many factors impact elementary students' school lunch waste. These factors may be helpful for school food-service authorities to consider when planning school menus. Keywords Fruits and vegetables School lunch Food wasteThe prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents has grown over the past three decades, recently reaching 17 % (1-3) , over half of the adult obesity prevalence rate, which stood at nearly 36 % in 2009-2010 (3) . Obesity and related co-morbidities have public health as well as economic implications (4,5) . Because of this high prevalence, public health personnel and medical professionals emphasize the importance of consuming a healthy diet (6) . Few children meet consumption recommendations for fruit and vegetables (F&V) (7) . One strategy hypothesized to help achieve this is improving the quality of school meals. These efforts include promoting increased consumption of low-energy-density foods such as F&V which, on the basis of high water and fibre content, alongside their low fat content, collectively yield larger bulk and low energy density. Although the positive effects of low-energy-dense food have been demonstrated in adults (8) , the data are somewhat inconsistent, particularly among children (9)(10)(11) . While many factors influence dietary preferences and habits, encouraging children to consume recommended amounts of F&V is often part of programming conducted in schools (12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17...

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Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents, 2007-2008

Cited by 2,698 publications

References 19 publications

The maternal and fetal impacts of obesity and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcome

The maternal and fetal impacts of obesity and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcome

Challenges to parent nutrition education: a qualitative study of parents of urban children attending low-income schools

Factors affecting fruit and vegetable school lunch waste in Wisconsin elementary schools participating in Farm to School programmes

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