Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2010
ReviewParental involvement in interventions to improve child dietary intake: a systematic review.
Interventions that aim to improve child dietary quality and reduce disease risk often involve parents. The most effective methods to engage parents remain unclear. A systematic review of interventions designed to change child and adolescent dietary behavior was conducted to answer whether parent involvement enhanced intervention effectiveness, and what type of involvement was most effective in achieving desired outcomes. ⋯ Limited conclusions may be drawn regarding the best method to involve parents in changing child diet to promote health. However, direct methods show promise and warrant further research.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2010
Parental influences on television watching among children living on the Texas-Mexico border.
We examined the association of parental television (TV) rules and compliance with the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) recommendations of
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2010
Relative importance of physical and social aspects of perceived neighbourhood environment for self-reported health.
To explore the relative importance of the perceived physical and social neighbourhood environment for physical and mental health. ⋯ Perceived physical and social environmental characteristics were important for physical and mental health, independent of socio-demographic factors. Living in neighbourhoods with greater land use diversity appears particularly important for physical health, whereas social support appears more closely linked to mental health.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2010
The contribution of active play to the physical activity of primary school children.
To examine associations between active play and the physical activity of 10- to 11-year-old children. ⋯ Active play is associated with children's physical activity with after-school potentially being a critical period. Strategies to promote active play may prove to be a successful means of increasing children's physical activity.