Downward trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight in two pilot towns taking part in the VIASANO community-based programme in Belgium: data from a national school health monitoring system.

Autor: Vinck J; Department of Human Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium., Brohet C; Cardiovascular Department, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium., Roillet M; Viasano, Brussels, Belgium., Dramaix M; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium., Borys JM; EPODE European Network, Paris, France., Beysens J; Viasano, Brussels, Belgium., Jacobs N; Viasano, Brussels, Belgium., Jebb S; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences Section of Metabolism and Nutrition, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., De Laet C; Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium., Nève J; Department of Therapeutic Chemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric obesity [Pediatr Obes] 2016 Feb; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 61-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 31.
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12022
Abstrakt: Background: Multilevel approaches involving environmental strategies are considered to be good practice to help reduce the prevalence of childhood overweight.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of VIASANO, a community-based programme using the EPODE methodology, on the prevalence of overweight in two pilot towns in Belgium.
Methods: We analysed data from a national school health monitoring system to compare changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over a 3-year period (2007-2010) in children aged 3-4 and 5-6 years in the pilot towns with those of children of the same ages from the whole French-speaking community of Belgium. Heights and weights of all participants were measured by trained school nurses using a standardized method.
Results: The prevalence of overweight (-2.1%) and overweight + obesity (-2.4%) decreased in the pilot towns, but remained stable in the comparison population (+0.1% and +0.2%, respectively). After adjustment for lack of homogeneity between the study populations, there was a trend towards a decrease in overweight (P = 0.054) and overweight + obesity (P = 0.058) in the pilot towns compared with the general population.
Conclusions: These results suggest that a community-based programme, such as VIASANO, may be a promising strategy for reducing the prevalence of childhood overweight even over a short period of time.
(© 2015 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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