Overweight - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review.

29 Sep 2009 This report presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity programs to promote healthy weight among employees. These results form the basis for the recommendation by the Task Force on ... Read more...

Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Lifestyle interventions targeting prevention of weight gain may have better long-term success than when aimed at weight loss. Limited evidence exists about such an approach in the primary care setting. DESIGN: An RTC was conducted. ... Read more...

Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial.

Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether ascertainment of childhood obesity by surveillance followed by structured secondary prevention in primary care improved outcomes in overweight or mildly obese children. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial nested ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Overweight - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Video games: play or "playlike activity"? 29 Sep 2009
• Opportunities and challenges in behavioral informatics observations on the Pounds Off Digitally study. 29 Sep 2009
• A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. 29 Sep 2009
• The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review. 29 Sep 2009
• Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention. 29 Sep 2009
• Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial. Sep 2009
• BMI measurement in schools. 30 Aug 2009
• Arkansas' experience: statewide surveillance and parental information on the child obesity epidemic. 30 Aug 2009
• Weight control trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Are school employees role models of healthful eating? Dietary intake results from the ACTION worksite wellness trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevention of overweight and obesity in children under the age of 6 years. 30 Jul 2009
• Obesity prevention in France. Yes, but how and why? 30 Jul 2009
• Playing active video games increases energy expenditure in children. 11 Jul 2009
• Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. 4 Jul 2009
• Web-based weight management programs for children and adolescents: a systematic review of randomized controlled trial studies. 29 Jun 2009
• How school time physical activity is the "big one" for daily activity among schoolchildren: a semi-experimental approach. 29 Jun 2009
• [Development of a program of nutritional education and valuation of the change of healthful nourishing habits in a population of students of Obligatory Secondary Education] 29 Jun 2009
• Risk factors for excessive or inadequate gestational weight gain among Hispanic women in a U.S.-Mexico border state. 29 Jun 2009
• Body mass index (BMI) report cards: should schools be responsible for screening? 29 Jun 2009
• Potential health benefits and medical cost savings from calorie, sodium, and saturated fat reductions in the American diet. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Overweight'

Definition: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".

Descriptor UI: D050177

Alternative terms: Overweight;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.144.699; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699; G07.100.100.160.120.699;

History Note: 2006