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Prevention of overweight in the school arena
Author(s) -
Lissau Inge
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00164.x
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , inclusion (mineral) , environmental health , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , family medicine , nursing , gender studies , sociology
This paper gives an overview of studies with the main purpose to intervene against obesity in children at the school arena. Through databases and Cochrane reviews, 14 studies fulfilled the criteria for inclusion. Most of the studies are American and none were performed in Scandinavia. The European studies were performed in Germany and in the United Kingdom. The studies, which had a significant effect on overweight were ‘Dance for Health’, ‘Planet Health’, ‘San Jose Study’, ‘Kiel Obesity Prevention Study’, ‘Healthy Schools’ programme, ‘El Paso Catch’, and ‘Medical College of Georgia FitKid Project’. The studies differ greatly in regards to age group, type of and length of intervention and type and amount of actions. Furthermore, the measures used to evaluate the effect differed. It seems to be important to use several measures of obesity in order to accurately detect a possible effect. In conclusion, half of the studies were successful and had an effect on either overweight or obesity. Much more research is needed in order to effectively prevent paediatric obesity.