Child Obesity and Nutrition Promotion Intervention

• Other Authors: Rito, Ana Isabel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Food & society; serious game; gamification; eating behavior; food neophobia; willingness to taste; nutritional status; obesity; dietary habits; allergy; pulmonary function; allergic rhinitis; asthma; dietary habit; vegetable consumption; food intake; preschool children; Japan; nutrition; stress; mental health; family; health behavior; childhood obesity; health intervention; healthy lifestyle intervention; school-based intervention; MVPA; overweight and obesity; self-efficacy; adolescent girls; parent-child dyads; food availability; advertising; healthy diet; promotion programs; community-based program; school meals; salt intake; sodium consumption; schools; canteen; adolescents; implementation; purchase behaviour; overweight; machine learning; deep learning; statistical models; data science; BMI; child; surveillance; health; noncommunicable diseases; children; fruit; vegetables; soft drinks; energy balance-related behaviors; self-regulation skills; preschoolers; randomized controlled trial; intervention effects; parental educational level; intervention mapping; multicomponent intervention; school children; food and nutrition; intervention; healthy eating; food acceptance; tactile play; cooking; fish; health promotion; childhood overweight; risk; community; screening; tool; food environment; home; school; food consumption patterns; dietary intakes; macronutrients; micronutrients; Eastern Mediterranean Region; review; parental role modelling; family environment; availability and accessibility; cluster randomised controlled trial; minority; parents; prevention; diet; nutrition promotion; Black/African American; Hispanic; qualitative
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Childhood obesity continues to be a global problem, with several regions showing increasing rates and others having one in every three children overweight despite an apparent halt or downward trend. Children are exposed to nutritional, social, and obesogenic environmental risks from different settin...