Child Obesity Article Reviews Samples For Students

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

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Introduction

Childhood obesity is considered as a serious healthcare problem affecting children, from a very young age. As childhood obesity could lead to early death and other serious health issues in future, the issue requires greater attention from the healthcare authorities at various levels. Though the intensity of the problem might vary, childhood obesity forms a serious concern for almost all the nations across the world and so appropriate policies need to be taken at national as well as international levels for dealing with the issue. De Onis, Blossner & Borghi (2010) in the study on the global trends in child obesity ...

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Introduction

Obesity in children forms a major health problem as it could lead to complications in future. Rising numbers of obese children below the age of three, especially among the Hispanic population requires greater attention from the US healthcare authorities and appropriate healthcare policies need to be sufficed for dealing with the problem. Research article by Taveras et al (2010) that deals with the risk factors associated with obesity in Hispanic children, which was found to be relevant in this context, is reviewed and discussed in detail.

Health policy issue that addresses Hispanic population

The policy issue in the article that concerns the Hispanic population is ...