Prevention of childhood obesity by reducing soft drinks

James, Janet; Kerr, David

doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803062

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“…With 80% of overweight adolescents becoming obese adults (2), early intervention is critical. Although several treatment tools exist, promising interventions for weight control in youth focus on improving nutrition (decreasing dietary fat, increasing fruit and vegetable intake) (3)(4)(5), reducing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) (6), decreasing screen time (television, computers, video games) (7), and increasing physical activity (8)(9)(10). Further, self-monitoring of intake, expenditure, and weight are the hallmarks of long-term weight control (11).…”

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Use of Text Messaging for Monitoring Sugar-sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity, and Screen Time in Children: A Pilot Study

Shapiro

Bauer

Hamer

et al. 2008

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Objective-To examine acceptability, attrition, adherence, and preliminary efficacy of mobile phone short message service (SMS; text messaging) for monitoring healthy behaviors in children.Design-All randomized children received a brief psychoeducational intervention and then either monitored target behaviors via SMS with feedback, via paper diaries (PD), or participated in a nomonitoring control (C) for 8 weeks. Setting-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill HospitalsParticipants-Fifty-eight children (age 5 -13) and parents participated; 31 completed (SMS: 13/18, PD: 7/18, C: 11/22).Intervention-Children and parents participated in a total of three group education sessions (one session weekly for three weeks) to encourage increasing physical activity and decreasing screen time and sugar sweetened beverage consumption.Main Outcome Measures-Treatment acceptability, attrition, and adherence to self-monitoring. Analysis-Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests were used to analyze differences across time and group.Results-Children in SMS had somewhat lower attrition (28%) than both PD (61%) and C (50%), and significantly greater adherence to self-monitoring than PD (43% vs 19%, p < 0.02).Conclusions and Implications-SMS may be a useful tool for self-monitoring healthy behaviors in children although the efficacy of this approach needs further study. Implications suggest that novel technologies may play a role in improving health.

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Use of Text Messaging for Monitoring Sugar-sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity, and Screen Time in Children: A Pilot Study

Shapiro

Bauer

Hamer

et al. 2008

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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244

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“…These studies have investigated the influence of lifestyle determinants on childhood overweight (e.g. lifestyle factors (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) ), but only few studies have addressed …”

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“…These studies have investigated the influence of lifestyle determinants on childhood overweight (e.g. lifestyle factors (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) ), but only few studies have addressed familial, social and lifestyle factors together (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) . In these cross-sectional studies, parental obesity, low socio-economic status (SES), high weight gain during infancy and television (TV) viewing were found as main determinants of prevalence.…”

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Determinants of the prevalence and incidence of overweight in children and adolescents

Plachta-Danielzik

Landsberg

Johannsen

et al. 2010

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Objective: To systematically analyse determinants of overweight prevalence and incidence in children and adolescents, as a basis of treatment and prevention. Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data of the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS). Setting: Schools in Kiel, Germany. Subjects: Cross-sectional data from 6249 students aged 5-16 years and 4-year longitudinal data from 1087 children aged 5-11 years. Weight status of students was assessed and familial factors (weight status of parents and siblings, smoking habits), social factors (socio-economic status, nationality, single parenting), birth weight as well as lifestyle variables (physical activity, media time, nutrition) were considered as independent variables in multivariate logistic regression analyses to predict the likelihood of the student being overweight. Results: The cross-sectional data revealed the prevalence of overweight as 18?3 % in boys and 19?2 % in girls. In both sexes determinants of overweight prevalence were overweight and obese parents, overweight siblings, parental smoking, single parenthood and non-German nationality. High birth weight and low physical activity additionally increased the risk in boys. High media time and low parental education were significant determinants in girls. Effect of media time was mediated by maternal weight status in boys as well as by socio-economic status and age in girls. From the longitudinal data, the 4-year cumulative incidence of overweight was 10?0 % in boys and 8?2 % in girls. Parental obesity, parental smoking and low physical activity were determinants of overweight incidence in boys, whereas paternal obesity increased the risk in girls.Conclusions: Treatment and prevention should address family and social determinants with a focus on physical activity and media use.Childhood obesity is a major public health challenge. At present there is a lack of convincing evidence about suitable and effective strategies for the prevention of childhood overweight. Recently, an obesity prevention evidence framework has been proposed (1) . Key policies include: (i) building a case for action on obesity; (ii) identifying contributing factors and points of intervention; (iii) defining opportunities for action; (iv) evaluating potential interventions; and (v) selecting a portfolio of specific policies, programmes and actions. Therefore, a systematic analysis of determinants of overweight in the micro-as well as the macro-environment is necessary to provide a sound basis for developing strategies against overweight. The systematic analysis should include an analysis of the determinants of overweight prevalence as well as overweight incidence, separately. Childhood overweight (and not only obesity) is predictive for adult morbidity and mortality (2) . In addition, the life-long persistence and health consequences of overweight and obesity in many children suggest a strong need for the prevention of overweight (2) . Primary prevention strategies address the whole population, in particular normalweight sub...

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“…In this view, James and Kerr reviewed the latest research that has examined the association between obesity and soft drink consumption. 28 The authors concluded that this association occurs in all ages, the mechanism may not be fully understood, but it could be concluded that preventing sugarsweetened drink consumption has a major role in pediatric obesity prevention. 28 Lissau and Poù lsen 29 in their paper highlights the possible importance of school as a tool to prevent obesity.…”

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From birth to adolescence: Vienna 2005 European Childhood Obesity Group International Workshop

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BACKGROUND:In the last 15 y there has been a tremendous increase in the number of studies on pediatric obesity looking at epidemiology, health-related risks, etiology, methodology and treatment. During the early 1990s, the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) was born as a group of scientists' expert in the field of pediatric obesity. ECOG this year celebrates the approach to early maturity with an excited and omni-comprehensive program developing through eight different tracks. METHODS: Comments on different 'key' papers in each of the eight tracks. RESULTS: The eight tracks were (1) Nutrition requirements and food habits, (2) physical activity, (3) prevention and political actions/strategies, (4) diabetes, (5) metabolism, (6) psychology, (7) pathology, and (8) treatment with emphasis on drugs. CONCLUSION: Looking at the overall picture of the ECOG workshop we could conclude that despite the fact that childhood obesity is a crisis facing worldwide youth, it is necessary that action to control it must be taken now. All the six relevant levels (ie, family, schools, health professionals, government, industry and media) could be involved in prevention of child and adolescent obesity.

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Prevention of childhood obesity by reducing soft drinks

Cited by 95 publications

References 22 publications

Use of Text Messaging for Monitoring Sugar-sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity, and Screen Time in Children: A Pilot Study

Use of Text Messaging for Monitoring Sugar-sweetened Beverages, Physical Activity, and Screen Time in Children: A Pilot Study

Determinants of the prevalence and incidence of overweight in children and adolescents

From birth to adolescence: Vienna 2005 European Childhood Obesity Group International Workshop

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