Randomized Control Trial on Obesity
Funding Justification
The health of children is significantly, negatively affected by obesity. The effects last through to one’s adult life. Obesity prevention initiatives are, therefore, seriously regarded across the globe and remain a priority. The urge for interventions based on evidence is overwhelming in modern day healthcare practice; more so for families with obese or overweight parents. A randomized control trial is, therefore, necessary (Johansson et al. 2016). This “Early STOPP” RCT focuses on obese or overweight parents that have infants. The intervention measures are began when children have hit one year and goes on until the age of six. The intervention is carried out by a specialist (a physiotherapist, a nurse or a therapist). The main aspects of the family Early STOPP measures are informed by recommendations from Swedish health experts for CHCC. They include advice on choices of foods that promote good health, heightened physical activity, how to regulate sleeping patterns and reducing sedentary lifestyles (Sobko et al. 2011).
In summary, 200 families from various educational, ethnic and socio-economic background, with children aged 12 months are being enlisted currently. The families included constitute of at least an...
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The conductors of the study relied upon past information indicating that children born with low birth weights have an increased likelihood of suffering from health problems later in life -- many of these health problems are results of obesity. Generally -- the study found -- children born small but who catch up to average children by age two, tend to have higher central fat distributions later in life. The
Reducing the Proportion of Adults with ObesityI. Introduction1. This section will review existing studies on obesity, the health risks associated with obesity, populations disproportionately affected by obesity, interventions that can be adopted to reduce Prevalence, and strategies to maintain weight loss and avoid weight regain.2. Obesity is a global concern owing to the cumulative increase in the budgetary allocation to the support for comorbidities associated with obesity.3. Efforts at the
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