A set of pedagogical recommendations for improving the integrated approach to childhood overweight and obesity: A Delphi study

Autor: Koos van der Velden, G.A.J. Fransen, Emilie L. M. Ruiter, Marlijn Wagenaar, Gerard R. M. Molleman, Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Parents
Questionnaires
Pediatric Obesity
Delphi Technique
Physiology
Health Behavior
Psychological intervention
Delphi method
Social Sciences
Overweight
Pediatrics
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Health Education
Children
Multidisciplinary
Parenting
Child Health
Physiological Parameters
Research Design
Child
Preschool

Medicine
Female
Health education
medicine.symptom
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
Childhood Obesity
Adolescent
Science
Parenting Behavior
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Research and Analysis Methods
Childhood obesity
Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18]
Computer Software
03 medical and health sciences
Screen time
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Set (psychology)
Behavior
Medical education
Survey Research
business.industry
Body Weight
Biology and Life Sciences
Feeding Behavior
Physical Activity
Apps
medicine.disease
Age Groups
People and Places
Population Groupings
business
Developmental Psychopathology
Zdroj: PLoS One, 15
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0231245 (2020)
PLoS ONE
PLoS One, 15, 4
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: BackgroundTackling the increasing global problem of childhood overweight and obesity requires an integrated approach. Studies increasingly emphasize the importance of the parents' role in interventions designed to prevent overweight in children. The aim of this study was to develop a unified set of recommendations for healthy parenting practices that can be applied by all professionals who work with children age 4-13 years and can contribute to strengthening the integrated approach to childhood overweight.MethodsA modified Delphi procedure was used to reach consensus regarding what these pedagogical recommendations should encompass. The 30 panelists were professionals and researchers who work with children age 4-13 in the domains of health care, overweight, parenting, education, nutrition, and/or sports. The procedure consisted of: i) extracting existing pedagogical recommendations from national guidelines and professional protocols, ii) appraising and prioritizing these recommendations in terms of relevance through two rounds of questionnaires, and iii) meeting to discuss and approve the set of recommendations.ResultsConsensus was reached for one set of eleven pedagogical theme-based recommendations designed to support and instruct parents how to stimulate healthy energy balance‒related behaviors in their child. Each recommendation contained information regarding: i) which behaviors in the child and/or parent are important, ii) why this is important, and iii) how parents can stimulate this behavior by applying parenting skills in daily life. The eleven themes were: modeling, positive parenting, breakfast, varied diet, sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks, physical activity, playing sports, quantity of screen time, screen time during meals, and sleep.ConclusionWe developed a set of recommendations for healthy parenting that can be used by various professionals working with children age 4-13 and can contribute to creating an integrated approach to childhood overweight. We also developed a web-based app called "Recommendations for Healthy Parenting" as a convenient tool for following these recommendations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE