Childhood Obesity Prevention
Successful Community-Based Efforts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9754745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laure DeMattia (Medical College of Wisconsin, corresponding author), Shannon Lee Denney (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 615 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-99 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716207309940 |
| OpenAlex | W2155299255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
One out of every three children is overweight. Obesity is linked to increased risks of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, liver disease, hypertension, and heart disease. As the numbers of children with chronic disease goes up, so will the strain on the U.S. health care system, including the cost of health care. The Ecological Model of Childhood Overweight allows one to consider how an individual child's weight is influenced by characteristics ranging from the individual to the society. This article focuses on community characteristics that interact with children's weight status. It reviews community-based programs and whether they are successfully slowing the rate of childhood obesity, including demonstrations of recipe preparation, community gardens, and school-based curricula. It concludes with suggestions for intervention efforts and funding priorities focusing on high-risk populations of low-income overweight women of childbearing years. Interventions that occur during preconception may be true primary prevention of childhood obesity
Childhood obesity · Diabetes mellitus · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling · Obesity · Overweight · Psychological intervention · Type 2 diabetes · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Early Childhood Education and Development · Endocrinology · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology
Tracking of body mass index in children in relation to overweight in adulthood
Childhood overweight
Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children
A Community Intervention Reduces BMI z ‐score in Children
Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
Fetal Origins of Obesity
Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey
Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth
Supermarkets, Other Food Stores, and Obesity
Reducing Children's Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity
Breastfeeding Rates in the United States by Characteristics of the Child, Mother, or Family
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004
Ecology of the family as a context for human development
Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit
Childhood Overweight and the Built Environment
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |