Effectiveness of a Kindergarten-Based Intervention for Preventing Childhood Obesity.
Pediatrics conducted a pilot study over 12 months in Guangzhou, China, aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of a multifaceted intervention for preschool children and to provide an assessment of the efficacy. The study involved 648 children, who underwent a 3-component intervention (training of staff, initiating a healthy curriculum and close collaboration with families) while the other...Read More
Clinic and Home-Based Behavioral Intervention for Obesity in Preschoolers: A Randomized Trial
In this phase III randomised controlled trial of 151 children, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, the authors sought to investigate whether a skills-based behavioural family clinic and home-based intervention (LAUNCH) would be more effective at reducing BMI than motivational interviewing or to standard care in preschool-aged children with obesity. LAUNCH is an 18-session clinic and home,...Read More
Pilates and aerobic training improve levels of depression, anxiety and quality of life in overweight and obese individuals
It is common knowledge that exercise can play an important role in treating the physical parts of obesity, however the emotional benefits are less often talked about. In this study, published by the Brazilian journal Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 63 overweight or obese patients were randomly split into 3 groups, a control group (n=20), a Pilates group (n=22) and a walking group (n=21). The...Read More
Effect of 7 days of exercise on exogenous carbohydrate oxidation and insulin resistance in children with obesity
It has been shown in adults that the capacity to match carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation with carbohydrate availability, known as metabolic flexibility (MetFlex), may be important for type 2 diabetes prevention. Improved MetFlex is associated with improvements to insulin resistance (IR) and can be achieved with as little as 7 days exercise. In this small study published in the Journal of Applied...Read More
Sleep Health and Psychopathology Mediate Executive Deficits in Paediatric Obesity
A new study from Childhood Obesity has found that paediatric obesity is associated with impairment of some components of reward-related decision-making and executive functioning, as well as poorer sleep health and greater risk of internalising psychopathology. Obese children showed reduced ability to adapt behaviour to changing reward contingencies and also the presence of executive...Read More
CCH win Southwark Healthy Weight Training Contract
Innovative online education company to support London Borough attain a healthy weight London, UK: The College of Contemporary Health, an online college specialising in innovative e-Learning for health professionals in weight management and obesity care, are excited to announce that we have secured the opportunity to partner with the London Borough of Southwark and develop online courses for...Read More