Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2013
Quantifying the contribution of neighborhood parks to physical activity.
To quantify the contribution of U.S. neighborhood parks to the time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) by the local population. ⋯ Parks have significant roles in supporting vigorous physical activity of the local population. Because they are underutilized and vigorous activity is critical to child development and adult physical fitness, efforts should be made to promote vigorous activity within local parks.
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2013
Review Comparative StudyAn overview of national clinical guidelines for the management of childhood obesity in primary care.
Review of clinical guidelines. ⋯ The present review shows that there is international consensus regarding the recommendations for management of childhood obesity. There is less international consensus regarding the diagnostic classification of childhood obesity.
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2013
Elementary school practices and children's objectively measured physical activity during school.
To examine the relation of physical activity practices covering physical education (PE), recess, and classroom time in elementary schools to children's objectively measured physical activity during school. ⋯ The presence of multiple school physical activity practices doubled children's physical activity during school.
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2013
The association between county political inclination and obesity: Results from the 2012 presidential election in the United States.
We examined whether stable, county-level, voter preferences were significantly associated with county-level obesity prevalence using data from the 2012 US Presidential election. County voting preference for the 2012 Republican Party presidential candidate was used as a proxy for voter endorsement of personal responsibility approaches to reducing population obesity risk versus approaches featuring government-sponsored, multi-sectoral efforts like those recommended by the Centers for Disease Control Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 2009). ⋯ Future public health efforts to understand and reduce obesity risk may benefit from increased surveillance of this and similar linkages between political preferences and health risks.