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NOO Knowledge Update: 20th – 26th June 2011
Research Evidence
UK & Ireland studies
- The effects of acculturation on obesity rates in ethnic minorities in England: evidence from the Health Survey for England. Smith NR, Kelly YJ, Nazroo JY. Eur J Public Health. 2011 Jun 22
- Can we identify infants at risk of becoming obese, and if so, should we? Levine RS, Rudolf MC. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Jul;7(3):328-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00329.x
- The relationship of height and body fat to gender-assortative weight gain in children. A longitudinal cohort study (EarlyBird 44). Ajala O, Frémeaux AE, Hosking J, Metcalf BS, Jeffery AN, Voss LD, Wilkin TJ. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun 20
- A whole family approach to childhood obesity management (GOALS): Relationship between adult and child BMI change. Watson PM, Dugdill L, Pickering K, et al. Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jul;38(4):445-52
- Intergenerational relations and the family food environment in families with a child with obesity. Curtis P, Stapleton H, James A. Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jul;38(4):429-37
- Evidence for the intra-uterine programming of adiposity in later life. Fall CH. Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jul;38(4):410-28
- External eating, impulsivity and attentional bias to food cues. Hou R, Mogg K, Bradley BP, Moss-Morris R, Peveler R, Roefs A. Appetite. 2011 Apr;56(2):424-7
International studies
- Changes in core food intake among Australian children between 1995 and 2007. Rangan AM, Kwan JS, Louie JC, Flood VM, Gill TP. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jun 22. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.109
- Front-of-package nutrition labeling* -an abuse of trust by the food industry? Brownell KD, Koplan JP. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2373-5
- Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study. Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Matthews SA, et al. Health Place. 2011 May 17
- The impact of BMI on polytrauma outcome. Hoffmann M, Lefering R, Gruber-Rathmann M, Rueger JM, Lehmann W; Trauma Registry of the German Society for Trauma Surgery. Injury. 2011 Jun 20
- Telescoping the origins of obesity to women's bodies: How gender inequalities are being squeezed out of Barker's hypothesis. Warin M, Moore V, Zivkovic T, Davies M. Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jul;38(4):453-60
- Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain in women and men. Mozaffarian D, Hao T, Rimm EB, Willett WC, Hu FB. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2392-404
- Psychosocial Correlates of Shape and Weight Concerns in Overweight Pre-Adolescents. Sinton MM, Goldschmidt AB, Aspen V, et al. J Youth Adolesc. 2011 Jun 22
- Sedentary behavior is not associated with cardiometabolic risk in adults with abdominal obesity. McGuire KA, Ross R. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20503
- Association between impulsivity, reward responsiveness and body mass index in children. van den Berg L, Pieterse K, Malik JA, et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 Jun 21. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.116
- 'Trying to make it all come together': structuration and employed mothers' experience of family food provisioning in Canada. Slater J, Sevenhuysen G, Edginton B, et al. Health Promot Int. 2011 Jun 21
- Green Carts (Mobile Produce Vendors) in the Bronx-Optimally Positioned to Meet Neighborhood Fruit-and-Vegetable Needs? Lucan SC, Maroko A, Shanker R, et al. J Urban Health. 2011 Jun 21
- Association of candy consumption with body weight measures, other health risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and diet quality in US children and adolescents: NHANES 1999-2004. O'Neil CE, Fulgoni VL 3rd, Nicklas TA. Food Nutr Res. 2011;55. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v55i0.5794
- Obesity and the "obesity paradox" in cardiovascular diseases. Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Jul;90(1):23-5. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.87
- Importance of Early Weight Change in a Pediatric Weight Management Trial. Goldschmidt AB, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Theim KR, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Pediatrics. 2011 Jun 20
- News Media Framing of Childhood Obesity in the United States From 2000 to 2009. Barry CL, Jarlenski M, Grob R, Schlesinger M, Gollust SE. Pediatrics. 2011 Jun 20
- Effects of Obesity and Gender on Exercise Capacity in Urban Children. Ferns SJ, Wehrmacher WH, Serratto M. Gend Med. 2011 Jun 18
- "Too much of that stuff can't be good": Canadian teens, morality, and fast food consumption. McPhail D, Chapman GE, Beagan BL. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jun 1
- Relationship of social cognitive theory concepts to mothers' dietary intake and BMI. Byrd-Bredbenner C, Abbot JM, Cussler E. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Jul;7(3):241-52
- The health status and unique health challenges of rural older adults in California. Durazo EM, Jones MR, Wallace SP, et al. Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2011 Jun;(PB2011-7):1-8
- Study of childhood obesity among school children aged 6 to 12 years in union territory of puducherry. Mahajan PB, Purty AJ, Singh Z, et al. Indian J Community Med. 2011 Jan;36(1):45-50
- Increased breakfast frequency and nutritional quality among schoolchildren after a national breakfast promotion campaign in Australia between 2000 and 2006. O'Dea JA, Wagstaff S. Health Educ Res. 2011 Jun 17
- Why is it not working? Identifying barriers to the therapy of paediatric obesity in an intercultural setting. Ciupitu CC, Babitsch B. J Child Health Care. 2011 Jun;15(2):140-50 Familial instability and young children's physical health. Bzostek SH, Beck AN. Soc Sci Med. 2011 May 25
- Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents. Allender S, Kremer P, de Silva-Sanigorski A, et al. J Sci Med Sport. 2011 Jun 15
- Location of food stores near schools does not predict the weight status of maine high school students. Harris DE, Blum JW, Bampton M, et al. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011 Jul-Aug;43(4):274-8
- Family context as it relates to weight-related behaviors in preadolescent african american girls. Dalton WT, Klesges LM, Sherrill-Mittleman D, Stockton MB, Allen S, Klesges RC. Am J Health Behav. 2011 May;35(3):269-79
- Correction: Weight Science: Evaluating the evidence for a paradigm shift. Bacon L, Aphramor L. Nutr J. 2011 Jun 17;10(1):69
- Exercise Training in Pregnancy for obese women (ETIP): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Moholdt TT, Salvesen KA, Ingul CB, Vik T, Oken E, Morkved S. Trials. 2011 Jun 17;12(1):154
Systematic Reviews
- Behavioural interventions for weight management in pregnancy: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative data. Campbell F, Johnson M, Messina J, Guillaume L, Goyder E. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 22;11(1):491
- Effect of web-based lifestyle modification on weight control: a meta-analysis. Kodama S, Saito K, Tanaka S, et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 Jun 21. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.121
- Motivational interviewing to improve weight loss in overweight and/or obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Armstrong MJ, Mottershead TA, Ronksley PE, et al. Obes Rev. 2011 Jun 21. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00892.x
In the News
BBC News:
- Nuts and fruit 'help weight loss' (23/6/11)
NHS Choices: Behind the Headlines:
- Diet, lifestyle and long-term weight gain (23/6/11)
- 'Crash diets' studied for type 2 diabetes (24/6/11)
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