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Childhood Obesity And Overweight: Causes And Implications In Preschool Children, Melissa L. Sittner
Childhood Obesity And Overweight: Causes And Implications In Preschool Children, Melissa L. Sittner
Kinesiology and Public Health
The root causes of childhood obesity and overweight are currently hot topics of research. While many causes have been discovered, researchers are still weighing them against one another while taking the lifestyles of at-risk populations into account. Some of these causes include lack of physical activity, increase in screen time, and the implications of health disparities borne of a child’s socioeconomic status. These causes and more are reviewed further and applied to the population of interest: preschool aged children in the United States, and more specifically preschool aged children of San Luis Obispo County in California. The need for multi-level …
Effects Of A School-Based Education Intervention On Bmi And Physical Activity, Lauren M. Panner
Effects Of A School-Based Education Intervention On Bmi And Physical Activity, Lauren M. Panner
Evidence-Based Practice Project Reports
In 2011, the CDC reported that there are 12.5 million obese children and adolescents living in the United States (U.S.). The financial burden of childhood obesity in the U.S. is estimated to be 14 billion dollars. The objective of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project was to answer the question: In school-aged children, how does school-based, structured, family-oriented physical activity education affect body mass index (BMI) compared to usual education over an eight week time period? The Stetler Model of EBP and the health belief model were used to guide this project in a rural, Northwest Indiana elementary school. For eight …