Prevention of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence

Widhalm, Kurt

doi:10.1159/000489182

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“…Obesity in childhood and adolescents is a serious community concern [1] of the 21st century. The magnitude of the problem is progressively affecting low-, middle-, and high-income states, mainly the urban population.…”

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Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function among School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Objectives: Childhood obesity contributes to the risk of numerous health problems and has become a major global health concern. This study aimed to establish the association between obesity and cognitive function among healthy school adolescents. Methods: This study was carried out by taking school adolescents (n = 400) from June 2016 to December 2017. The mean age of the participants was 13.93 ± 0.81 years. The students were divided into group A (obese, n = 223) and B (non-obese, n = 177). Cognitive functions were recorded as per study tool of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Results: Severely obese students showed a significant delay in cognitive functions as compared to students with normal BMI. Attention Switching Task (AST)-Latency among students with normal BMI was 647.88 ± 137.59 compared to the students with high BMI (685.08 ± 115.92, p = 0.05), AST-Incongruent was 680.78 ± 142.07 versus 726.76 ± 122.31 (p = 0.02), AST-Percent correct trials was 84.31 ± 10.45 versus 78.09 ± 14.87 (p = 0.001), and Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift (IED) Total errors among students with normal BMI was 33.93 ± 21.53 compared to the students with high BMI (42.86 ± 37.27, p = 0.03). Conclusion: Cognitive functions including AST-Latency, AST-Incongruent, AST-Percent correct trials, and IED Total errors were significantly weakened in markedly obese students. Significant impairments in their cognitive functions, especially attention, retention, intelligence, and cognitive flexibility, were observed. The findings of this study emphasize the need to involve school adolescents in physical activities to reduce body weight in order to have cognitive functions within normal range and also to minimize obesity-associated complications.

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Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function among School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

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“…The participants in this retrospective study was conducted among 621 children aged 10 years old in 2013. They were followed up at ages of 11,12,13,14 and 15 years to obtain information of height and weight. The characteristic data were acquired by questionnaires from the participants' mothers for the first contact when the children were 10 years old (baseline).…”

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“…Such research will enhance our understanding to identify different etiologic pathways of obesity onset and development during adolescence. Moreover, obesity in adolescence is a key predictor of obesity in adulthood; this time frame represents an essential window to prevent lifelong weight and the related health issues [14].…”

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Association of Cesarean Birth with Body Mass Index Trajectories in Adolescence

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Zhang

Sun

et al. 2020

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Background: This study aimed to identify patterns of body mass index (BMI) changes in adolescence and to assess whether delivery mode (Cesarean and vaginal delivery) was associated with BMI trajectories. Methods: This study was conducted among 569 adolescents aged 10-15 years that resided in the city of Zibo, China. The height and weight of each participant were repeatedly measured at 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 years. Group based trajectory modeling (GBTM) was used to estimate BMI change trajectories, and multinomial logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the independent association of delivery mode and BMI trajectory classes. Results: Of the 569 participants, 407 (71.5%) were vaginal deliveries and 162 (28.5%) were Cesarean deliveries. Five distinct long-term BMI trajectories were identified: "persistent healthy weight" (57.5%), "persistent underweight" (6.5%), "obesity to healthy weight" (7.8%), "progressive overweight" (10.6%), "progressive obesity" (17.6%). Adjusted multinomial logistic models revealed a twofold increase in risks between ages 10-15 years of "progressive obesity" trajectory (OR = 2.50, 95% CI: 1.42, 4.41) for children born through Cesarean section compared with vaginal birth. Conclusions: Five distinct long-term BMI trajectories were identified during adolescence in our research, and we confirmed that Cesarean birth was significantly increased the risk of "progressive obesity" trajectory but not the "obesity to healthy weight" trajectory.

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“…Obesity considered a major public health problem due to its association with many chronic diseases and deterioration health outcomes [5]. It is a multiple, interrelated factors and preventable causes which considered one of causes of early disabilities and impairments [6].…”

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Impact of Nutrition Education Program Based on Nutritional Assessment of Adolescent in Assiut -Egypt

2019

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Background: Adolescence is a stage of rapid changing, adequate nutrition is vital for achieving full growth probable, and any disturbance will occur in this stage may lead to various health problems. Aims: to assess the nutritional status and food habits among adolescents and evaluate the impact of the educational program in primary health care sittings. Methodology: quasi-experimental research design was used. Sample size was 350 adolescents (175 intervention group and 175 control group) attending two health facilities (urban and rural) which were selected randomly. Pre and posttest (immediate and late) interview structured questionnaire was used which included socio-demographic data, anthropometric measurements, hemoglobin level, questions regarding knowledge about nutrition and food habits. Results: more than two fifths (44.4%) of the sample was anemic. The mean body mass index was 21.09±4.6. Obesity was significantly more prevalent in female (13.4%) than male (3.4%).The knowledge scores of nutritional health was significantly better among adolescents in studied group than control group (p value= 0.00). Also their eating and consumption habits had a slightly improvement. Conclusion: After implementation of the program the Adolescents' knowledge and habits had a remarkable improvement.

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Prevention of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function among School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Effect of Obesity on Cognitive Function among School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Association of Cesarean Birth with Body Mass Index Trajectories in Adolescence

Impact of Nutrition Education Program Based on Nutritional Assessment of Adolescent in Assiut -Egypt

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