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Ball, Geoffery Denis Charles.

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Childhood obesity: Determinants, treatment, and risk factors for chronic disease.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Childhood obesity: Determinants, treatment, and risk factors for chronic disease./
作者:	Ball, Geoffery Denis Charles.
面頁冊數:	210 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-05, Section: B, page: 2315.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-05B.
標題:	Health Sciences, Public Health. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NQ68540
ISBN:	9780612685406

Childhood obesity: Determinants, treatment, and risk factors for chronic disease.
Ball, Geoffery Denis Charles.

Childhood obesity: Determinants, treatment, and risk factors for chronic disease. - 210 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-05, Section: B, page: 2315.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2002.

The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased dramatically over the past 2 decades. Depending on how obesity is defined, between 20--30% of Canadian boys and girls can be classified as obese. To achieve a greater understanding of the many questions that relate to obesity in youth, a series of experiments were conducted with 6--12 year old boys and girls and their families to (1) assess, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, potential differences in lifestyle behaviours and self-perception between obese and non-obese schoolchildren, (2) evaluate the efficacy of two family-based, health-centred weight management programs for obese children and their parents, and (3) determine whether body composition, body fat distribution, activity, fitness and dietary variables correspond to increased metabolic risk within a subset of obese children. In general, we observed modest differences between obese and non-obese boys and girls in relation to activity, fitness, self-perceptions, and diet. Disparities that were observed at baseline in this sample of schoolchildren did not remain consistent over a one-year interval. Our data suggest that health-centred weight management programs can improve body composition, physical activity levels, and physical self-perceptions in obese children. While increased physical self-perception levels were sustained over follow-up, favourable changes in body composition and physical activity were not maintained, a finding which suggests extended interventions (>12-weeks) and continued support may be helpful. These data also provide evidence to suggest that obese boys and girls are a heterogeneous group. Despite a high degree of body fatness, a subset of obese children did not possess additional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. This may partly be explained by familial and dietary variables, however, the strongest predictor of metabolic risk among obese children related to central body fat mass. Collectively, these observations highlight the importance of establishing healthy behaviours and attitudes early in life through family-, school- and community-based initiatives to maximize the health of all children, and especially obese boys and girls who may be at increased physical and psychological risk.

ISBN: 9780612685406Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017659
Health Sciences, Public Health.

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