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NOO Knowledge Update: 9th- 15th January 2012
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Research Evidence
UK & Ireland studies
- Childhood psychological function and obesity risk across the lifecourse: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study. White B, Nicholls D, Christie D, Cole TJ, Viner RM. Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Jan 10. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.253
- 'The worst of the Bangladeshi and the worst of the British': exploring eating patterns and practices among British Bangladeshi adolescents in East London. Lofink HE. Ethn Health. 2012 Jan 9
- Age, weight and obesity. Apostolopoulou M, Savopoulos C, Michalakis K, Coppack S, Dardavessis T, Hatzitolios A. Maturitas. 2012 Jan 5
- The relationship between body mass index across the life course and knee pain in adulthood: results from the 1958 birth cohort study. Macfarlane GJ, de Silva V, Jones GT. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Dec;50(12):2251-6
- South Yorkshire Cohort: a 'cohort trials facility' study of health and weight - protocol for the recruitment phase. Relton C, Bissell P, Smith C, Blackburn J, Cooper CL, Nicholl J, Tod A, Copeland R, Loban A, Chater T, Thomas K, Young T, Weir C, Harrison G, Millbourn A, Manners R. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 11;11:640. FREE ARTICLE
International studies
- The Effects of Reality Television on Weight Bias: An Examination of The Biggest Loser. Domoff SE, Hinman NG, Koball AM, Storfer-Isser A, Carhart VL, Baik KD, Carels RA. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.378
- Assessing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity. Wein LM, Yang Y, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.373
- Postmenopausal Sex Hormones in Relation to Body Fat Distribution. Liedtke S, Schmidt ME, Vrieling A, Lukanova A, Becker S, Kaaks R, Zaineddin AK, Buck K, Benner A, Chang-Claude J, Steindorf K. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.383
- Childhood Obesity in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Determinants, and Prevention. Gupta N, Goel K, Shah P, Misra A. Endocr Rev. 2012 Jan 12
- Effect of Nutrition Changes on Foods Selected by Students in a Middle School-Based Diabetes Prevention Intervention Program: The HEALTHY Experience. The HEALTHY Study Group, Mobley CC, Stadler DD, Staten MA, El Ghormli L, Gillis B, Hartstein J, Siega-Riz AM, Virus A. J Sch Health. 2012 Feb;82(2):82-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00670.x
- Overweight and obesity as markers for the evaluation of disease risk in older adults. Rosas-Carrasco O, Juarez-Cedillo T, Ruiz-Arregui L, Garcia Pena C, Vargas-Alarcon G, Sánchez-García S. J Nutr Health Aging. 2012;16(1):14-20
- Impact of excess body weight on walking at the preferred speed. Blaszczyk JW, Plewa M, Cieslinska-Swider J, Bacik B, Zahorska-Markiewicz B, Markiewicz A. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 2011;71(4):528-40. FREE ARTICLE
- From sleep duration to childhood obesity-what are the pathways? Börnhorst C, Hense S, Ahrens W, Hebestreit A, Reisch L, Barba G, von Kries R, Bayer O; on behalf of the IDEFICS Consortium. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Jan 12
- The relationship between hypertension and obesity across different ethnicities. Foulds HJ, Bredin SS, Warburton DE. J Hypertens. 2012 Feb;30(2):359-67
- Network News Coverage of Obesity in Two Time Periods: An Analysis of Issues, Sources, and Frames. Gearhart S, Craig C, Steed C. Health Commun. 2012 Jan 11
- Physical activity and weight gain prevention in older men. Shiroma EJ, Sesso HD, Lee IM. Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Jan 10. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.266
- Community-based interventions for obesity prevention: lessons learned by Australian policy-makers. Haby MM, Doherty R, Welch N, Mason V. BMC Res Notes. 2012 Jan 10;5(1):20 FREE ARTICLE
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Feeding Behaviors and Weight-for-Age at 12 months: A Secondary Analysis of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Gaffney KF, Kitsantas P, Cheema J. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2012 Jan 10. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00236.x
- BMI and obesity in US blood donors: a potential public health role for the blood centre. Murphy EL, Schlumpf K, Wright DJ, Cable R, Roback J, Sacher R, Busch MP. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Jan 10:1-8
- Preventing Excessive Weight Gain among Publicly Insured Pregnant Women. Rosenbloom L, Buchert E, Vasiloff R, Feinglass J, Dong X, Simon M. J Community Health. 2012 Jan 8
- Cross-sectional associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults. Chau JY, van der Ploeg HP, Merom D, Chey T, Bauman AE. Prev Med. 2011 Dec 28
- The role of food culture and marketing activity in health disparities. Williams JD, Crockett D, Harrison RL, Thomas KD. Prev Med. 2011 Dec 28
- Use of leg length to height ratio to assess the risk of childhood overweight and obesity: results from a longitudinal cohort study. Liu J, Akseer N, Faught BE, Cairney J, Hay J. Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Feb;22(2):120-5
- Policies for Healthier Communities: Historical, Legal, and Practical Elements of the Obesity Prevention Movement. Graff SK, Kappagoda M, Wooten HM, McGowan AK, Ashe M. Annu Rev Public Health. 2011 Apr 4
- Obesity and Public Policy. Gearhardt AN, Bragg MA, Pearl RL, Schvey NA, Roberto CA, Brownell KD. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2012 Jan 3
- Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries. Popkin BM, Adair LS, Ng SW. Nutr Rev. 2012 Jan;70(1):3-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00456.x
- Associations between snacking and weight loss and nutrient intake among postmenopausal overweight to obese women in a dietary weight-loss intervention. Kong A, Beresford SA, Alfano CM, Foster-Schubert KE, Neuhouser ML, Johnson DB, Duggan C, Wang CY, Xiao L, Bain CE, McTiernan A. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1898-903
- Away-from-home family dinner sources and associations with weight status, body composition, and related biomarkers of chronic disease among adolescents and their parents. Fulkerson JA, Farbakhsh K, Lytle L, Hearst MO, Dengel DR, Pasch KE, Kubik MY. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1892-7
- Dietary intakes associated with successful weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance trial. Champagne CM, Broyles ST, Moran LD, Cash KC, Levy EJ, Lin PH, Batch BC, Lien LF, Funk KL, Dalcin A, Loria C, Myers VH. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1826-35
- Update in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity. Various authors Pediatr Clin North Am. 2011 Dec;58(6): whole issue
- Dietary energy density is associated with body weight status and vegetable intake in U.S. children. Vernarelli JA, Mitchell DC, Hartman TJ, Rolls BJ. J Nutr. 2011 Dec;141(12):2204-10
- Tracking of eating patterns and overweight - a follow-up study of Norwegian schoolchildren from middle childhood to early adolescence. Oellingrath IM, Svendsen MV, Brantsaeter AL. Nutr J. 2011 Oct 6;10:106. FREE ARTICLE
- Weight gain since menopause and its associations with weight loss maintenance in obese postmenopausal women. Sénéchal M, Arguin H, Bouchard DR, Carpentier AC, Ardilouze JL, Dionne IJ, Brochu M. Clin Interv Aging. 2011;6:221-5. FREE ARTICLE
- Managing obesity--from childhood and onwards. Lagerros YT, Rössner S. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Sep;6 Suppl 1:74-8
- Fatty liver disease in obese children--relation to other metabolic risk factors. Volovelsky O, Weiss R. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Sep;6 Suppl 1:59-64
- How to make overweight children exercise and follow the recommendations. Deforche B, Haerens L, de Bourdeaudhuij I. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Sep;6 Suppl 1:35-41
- Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers - a randomized controlled trial. Christensen JR, Faber A, Ekner D, Overgaard K, Holtermann A, Søgaard K. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 27;11:671. FREE ARTICLE
- Factors associated with parental recognition of a child's overweight status--a cross sectional study. Vanhala ML, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Kaikkonen KM, Laitinen JH, Korpelainen RI. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 24;11:665. FREE ARTICLE
- Association between Body Mass Index and depression: the "fat and jolly" hypothesis for adolescents girls. Revah-Levy A, Speranza M, Barry C, Hassler C, Gasquet I, Moro MR, Falissard B. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 16;11:649. FREE ARTICLE
- The protocol of a randomized controlled trial for playgroup mothers: Reminder on Food, Relaxation, Exercise, and Support for Health (REFRESH) Program. Monteiro SM, Jancey J, Howat P, Burns S, Jones C, Dhaliwal SS, McManus A, Hills AP, Anderson AS. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 16;11:648. FREE ARTICLE
- Pregnancy, obesity, gestational weight gain, and parity as predictors of peripartum complications. Magann EF, Doherty DA, Chauhan SP, Klimpel JM, Huff SD, Morrison JC. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2011 Oct;284(4):827-36
Systematic Reviews
- A Systematic Review of the Literature Concerning the Relationship between Obesity and Mortality in the Elderly. Donini LM, Savina C, Gennaro E, De Felice MR, Rosano A, Pandolfo MM, Del Balzo V, Cannella C, Ritz P, Chumlea WC. J Nutr Health Aging. 2012;16(1):89-98
- Unevenly distributed: A systematic review of the health literature about socioeconomic inequalities in adult obesity in the United Kingdom. El-Sayed AM, Scarborough P, Galea S. BMC Public Health. 2012 Jan 9;12(1):18. FREE ARTICLE
- Antenatal exercise to improve outcomes in overweight or obese women: a systematic review. Sui Z, Grivell RM, Dodd JM. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2012 Jan 10. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01357.x
- Systematic Review of Effective Strategies for Reducing Screen Time Among Young Children. Schmidt ME, Haines J, O'Brien A, McDonald J, Price S, Sherry B, Taveras EM. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan 5. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.348
- Systematic review of family and home-based interventions targeting paediatric overweight and obesity. Knowlden AP, Sharma M. Obes Rev. 2012 Jan 6. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00976.x
- Systematic review of the clinical efficacy of sibutramine and orlistat in weigth loss, quality of life and its adverse effects in obese adolescents. García Díaz E, Martín Folgueras T. Nutr Hosp. 2011 Jun;26(3):451-7. FREE ARTICLE
- The stigma of obesity in the general public and its implications for public health - a systematic review. Sikorski C, Luppa M, Kaiser M, Glaesmer H, Schomerus G, König HH, Riedel-Heller SG. BMC Public Health. 2011 Aug 23;11:661. FREE ARTICLE
- Pharmacotherapy for overweight/obesity in ethnic minorities and White Caucasians: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Osei-Assibey G, Adi Y, Kyrou I, Kumar S, Matyka K. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2011 May;13(5):385-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01346.x
In the News
BBC News:
- Weight-loss surgery man Paul Mason needs skin operation (12/1/12)
- Office workers 'forget to stand' (13/1/12)
- Eating disorder men in Brighton start petition (13/1/12)
- Fruit and vegetables 'lacking' in UK diets (14/1/12)
NHS Choices: Behind the Headlines:
- Diabetes drug 'may aid weight loss' (12/1/12)
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