Family eating and activity habits, diet quality and pre-adolescent overweight and obesity

The prevalence of childhood obesity continues to increase at an alarming rate in Canada. In 2008, the authors conducted a survey to examine this issue among children in a region of southern Ontario. This study found that unhealthy eating behaviours or habits and inactivity were correlated between ch...

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Published in:Public health (London) 2012-06, Vol.126 (6), p.532-534
Main Authors: Liu, J, Hay, J, Faught, B.E, Wade, T, Cairney, J, Merchant, A.T, Trevisan, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child health
Children
Diet
Environment
Exercise
Family
Feeding Behavior
Female
Habits
Healthy food
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Life Style
Male
Obese children
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Ontario
Ontario - epidemiology
Overweight - epidemiology
Prevalence
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Summary:The prevalence of childhood obesity continues to increase at an alarming rate in Canada. In 2008, the authors conducted a survey to examine this issue among children in a region of southern Ontario. This study found that unhealthy eating behaviours or habits and inactivity were correlated between children and parents. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2012.02.012