Prevention Potential of Risk Factors for Childhood Overweight

Prevention potential of risk factors for childhood overweight.

BACKGROUND In order to better target prevention initiatives for the obesity epidemic in Canada, policy-makers, in addition to information about risk factors, require an understanding of the preventive potential which is best provided by the risk factor's population attributable risk fraction (PARF). OBJECTIVE To estimate the PARF for childhood overweight risk factors as identified by a popula...

Modifiable early-life risk factors for childhood adiposity and overweight: an analysis of their combined impact and potential for prevention

Background: Early life may be a “critical period” when appetite and regulation of energy balance are programmed, with lifelong consequences for obesity risk. Insight into the potential impact of modifying early-life risk factors on later obesity can be gained by evaluating their combined effects. Objective: The objective was to examine the relation between the number of early-life risk factors ...

Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity.

BACKGROUND Increases in childhood overweight and obesity have become an important public health problem in industrialized nations. Preventive public health action is required, but more research of risk factors is required before evidence-based initiatives can be developed and targeted effectively. We investigated the association between childhood overweight and obesity and risk factors relating...

Childhood Risk Factors and Risk-focussed Prevention

Early Risk Factors of Overweight Developmental Trajectories during Middle Childhood

BACKGROUND Research is needed to identify early life risk factors associated with different developmental paths leading to overweight by adolescence. OBJECTIVES To model heterogeneity in overweight development during middle childhood and identify factors associated with differing overweight trajectories. METHODS Data was drawn from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD; ...