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Association of continuous BMI with health‐related quality of life in the United States by age and sex
Corresponding Author Zachary J. Ward Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence Zachary J. Ward, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 718 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Email: zward@hsph.harvard.edu Search for more papers by this author
The societal costs and health impacts on obesity of BMI report cards in US schools
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A South Asian Mediterranean‐style diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and lower diabetes risk: The MASALA cohort
Abstract Objective The Mediterranean diet is associated with lower risks for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease in certain populations, although data among diverse groups are limited. This study evaluated cross-sectional and prospective associations between a novel South Asian Mediterranean-style (SAM) diet and cardiometabolic risk among US South Asian individuals.
Assessment of Calories Purchased After Calorie Labeling of Prepared Foods in a Large Supermarket Chain
Key Points Question Was calorie labeling of prepared foods in supermarkets associated with changes in calories purchased from prepared foods and potential packaged substitutes?
WIC Food Package Changes: Trends in Childhood Obesity Prevalence
Abstract OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association of the 2009 changes to the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package and childhood obesity trends. We hypothesized that the food package change reduced obesity among children participating in WIC, a population that has been especially vulnerable to the childhood obesity epidemic.
WIC Food Package Changes: Trends in Childhood Obesity Prevalence
Abstract OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association of the 2009 changes to the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package and childhood obesity trends. We hypothesized that the food package change reduced obesity among children participating in WIC, a population that has been especially vulnerable to the childhood obesity epidemic.
Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth: Planet Health
Objective To evaluate the impact of a school-based health behavior intervention known as Planet Health on obesity among boys and girls in grades 6 to 8. Design Randomized, controlled field trial with 5 intervention and 5 control schools. Outcomes were assessed using preintervention (fall 1995) and follow-up measures (spring 1997), including prevalence, incidence, and remission of obesity.
Two-year follow-up of a primary care-based intervention to prevent and manage childhood obesity: the High Five for Kids study
The obesity epidemic has spared no age group, even young infants. Most childhood obesity is incident by the age of 5 years, making prevention in preschool years a priority. To examine 2-year changes in age- and sex-specific BMI z-scores and obesity-related behaviours among 441 of the 475 originally recruited participants in High Five for Kids, a cluster randomized controlled trial in 10 paediatric practices.
Do We Fatten Our Children at the Television Set? Obesity and Television Viewing in Children and Adolescents
Abstract The association of television viewing and obesity in data collected during cycles II and III of the National Health Examination Survey was examined. Cycle II examined 6,965 children aged 6 to 11 years and cycle III examined 6,671 children aged 12 to 17 years. Included in the cycle III sample were 2,153 subjects previously studied during cycle II. These surveys, therefore, provided two cross-sectional samples and one prospective sample.
Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth: Planet Health
Objective To evaluate the impact of a school-based health behavior intervention known as Planet Health on obesity among boys and girls in grades 6 to 8. Design Randomized, controlled field trial with 5 intervention and 5 control schools. Outcomes were assessed using preintervention (fall 1995) and follow-up measures (spring 1997), including prevalence, incidence, and remission of obesity.
A Cascade of Champions: A Qualitative Study about the MA-CORD Media Competition Implementation
A media competition was part of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) Study. Criss et al., previously outlined the development and implementation of the competition, including variation in reach and adoption of the intervention across schools and afterschool programs.
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