Sara FL Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5483781 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara FL Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara FL |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK S F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Parents and Children Should Be More Active Together to Address Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviours
Increasing rates of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours among children and the youth are important determinants of chronic disease. Supporting children's participation in organised physical activities like sports has been promoted as a public health strategy to increase physical activity. Evidence shows that successful interventions are family-focused, although research on how parental eating and physical activity behaviours influence ch…
Policy outcomes of applying different nutrient profiling systems in recreational sports settings
Objective To assess agreement among three nutrient profiling systems used to evaluate the healthfulness of vending machine products in recreation and sport settings in three Canadian provinces. We also assessed whether the nutritional profile of vending machine items in recreation and sport facilities that were adhering to nutrition guidelines (implementers) was superior to that of facilities that were not (non-implementers). Design Trained resea…
Food security status among grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada and its association with health outcomes
Objective Food security (FS) exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their needs. The present research sought to determine whether students from households experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (FI) had poorer diet quality, higher body weights and poorer psychosocial outcomes than students from households classed as having high FS or marginal FI status. Desi…
Insights from the evaluation of a provincial healthy eating strategy in Nova Scotia, Canada
Objective Healthy Eating Nova Scotia represents the first provincial comprehensive healthy eating strategy in Canada and a strategy that is framed within a population-health model. Five years after strategy launch, our objective was to evaluate Healthy Eating Nova Scotia to determine perceptions of strategy implementation and strategy outputs. The focus of the current paper is on the findings of this evaluation. Design We conducted an evaluation …
Health behaviours and health-care utilization in Canadian schoolchildren
Objective Poor nutritional habits and physical inactivity are two health behaviours believed to be linked with increasing rates of overweight and obesity in children. The objective of the present study was to determine whether children who reported healthier behaviours, specifically in relation to nutrition and physical activity, also had lower health-care utilization. Design Population-based cross-sectional study, linking survey data from the 20…
Diet quality and mental health in subsequent years among Canadian youth
Objective To examine the association between diet quality and the diagnosis of an internalizing disorder in children and adolescents. Design A prospective study examining the relationship between diet quality and mental health. FFQ responses of 3757 children were used to calculate a composite score for diet quality and its four components: variety, adequacy, moderation and balance. Physicians’ diagnoses on internalizing disorders were obtained by…
Running away with the facts on food and fatness
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The prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years in Gibraltar
Objective: To determine the prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years, using the standard definitions proposed by the International Obesity Taskforce. Design: Population prevalence cross-sectional survey involving measurement of height and weight. Data collection took place in 1998. Setting: Schools in Gibraltar. Subjects: In total 2994 children, aged 4–12 years, attending these schools (1540 boys, 1454 girls). Results:…
Diet and lifestyle characteristics associated with dietary supplement use in women
Objectives: To describe the characteristics of dietary supplement users in a large cohort of women and test the hypothesis that supplement users would be more likely to have a healthier lifestyle than non-users. Design: Comparison of nutrient intakes from food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data for 8409 supplement users and 5413 non-users. Use of logistic regression modelling to determine predictors of supplement use in this cohort. Subjects: 13,…
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Diet and lifestyle characteristics associated with dietary supplement use in women
Objectives: To describe the characteristics of dietary supplement users in a large cohort of women and test the hypothesis that supplement users would be more likely to have a healthier lifestyle than non-users. Design: Comparison of nutrient intakes from food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data for 8409 supplement users and 5413 non-users. Use of logistic regression modelling to determine predictors of supplement use in this cohort. Subjects: 13,…
The prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years in Gibraltar
Objective: To determine the prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years, using the standard definitions proposed by the International Obesity Taskforce. Design: Population prevalence cross-sectional survey involving measurement of height and weight. Data collection took place in 1998. Setting: Schools in Gibraltar. Subjects: In total 2994 children, aged 4–12 years, attending these schools (1540 boys, 1454 girls). Results:…
Running away with the facts on food and fatness
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Diet quality and mental health in subsequent years among Canadian youth
Objective To examine the association between diet quality and the diagnosis of an internalizing disorder in children and adolescents. Design A prospective study examining the relationship between diet quality and mental health. FFQ responses of 3757 children were used to calculate a composite score for diet quality and its four components: variety, adequacy, moderation and balance. Physicians’ diagnoses on internalizing disorders were obtained by…
Insights from the evaluation of a provincial healthy eating strategy in Nova Scotia, Canada
Objective Healthy Eating Nova Scotia represents the first provincial comprehensive healthy eating strategy in Canada and a strategy that is framed within a population-health model. Five years after strategy launch, our objective was to evaluate Healthy Eating Nova Scotia to determine perceptions of strategy implementation and strategy outputs. The focus of the current paper is on the findings of this evaluation. Design We conducted an evaluation …
Health behaviours and health-care utilization in Canadian schoolchildren
Objective Poor nutritional habits and physical inactivity are two health behaviours believed to be linked with increasing rates of overweight and obesity in children. The objective of the present study was to determine whether children who reported healthier behaviours, specifically in relation to nutrition and physical activity, also had lower health-care utilization. Design Population-based cross-sectional study, linking survey data from the 20…
Policy outcomes of applying different nutrient profiling systems in recreational sports settings
Objective To assess agreement among three nutrient profiling systems used to evaluate the healthfulness of vending machine products in recreation and sport settings in three Canadian provinces. We also assessed whether the nutritional profile of vending machine items in recreation and sport facilities that were adhering to nutrition guidelines (implementers) was superior to that of facilities that were not (non-implementers). Design Trained resea…
Food security status among grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada and its association with health outcomes
Objective Food security (FS) exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their needs. The present research sought to determine whether students from households experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (FI) had poorer diet quality, higher body weights and poorer psychosocial outcomes than students from households classed as having high FS or marginal FI status. Desi…
Parents and Children Should Be More Active Together to Address Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviours
Increasing rates of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours among children and the youth are important determinants of chronic disease. Supporting children's participation in organised physical activities like sports has been promoted as a public health strategy to increase physical activity. Evidence shows that successful interventions are family-focused, although research on how parental eating and physical activity behaviours influence ch…
Medicine (8 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Nova scotia (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)