| Autor: |
Ivo Vlaev, Michael J. Taylor, David Taylor, Paul Gately, Laura H. Gunn, Aliza Abeles, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Jackie Lothian, Sahar Karim Jreige, Aziza Alsaadi, Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari, Suhaila Ghuloum, Hanan Al-Kuwari, Ara Darzi, Mohamed Ahmedna |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1471-2458 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12889-021-10838-1 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-intervention weight-management is less well understood. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a weight-management camp followed by a community intervention in supporting weight-management for overweight children and children with obesity. Methods Participants were overweight Qatari schoolchildren or schoolchildren with obesity, ages 8–14 years, (n = 300) recruited over a three-year period across 14 randomly selected schools in the Doha area. They attended a two-week weight management camp, then a 10-week program of weekly lifestyle education and physical activity sessions, which also included behavior change techniques. The programme was cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-focused with a strong element of behavioural economics blended in. Results Participants saw a significant BMI SDS reduction as a result of the entire intervention (camp + education and activity sessions) both at the individual (p |
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