Early childhood obesity prevention efforts through a life course health development perspective: A scoping review.
Sheri VolgerDiane Rigassio RadlerPamela Rothpletz-PugliaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
There is a need to intensify early childhood obesity preventive efforts during critical periods of health development in the US. Future studies should estimate the feasibility, program effectiveness, and cost of implementing multilevel obesity prevention interventions and policies. Addressing these research gaps will provide stakeholders with the scientific evidence necessary to facilitate funding and policy decisions to decrease the prevalence of early childhood obesity.
Keyphrases
- public health
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- insulin resistance
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- health information
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- risk factors
- health promotion
- risk assessment
- human health
- skeletal muscle
- current status
- body mass index
- climate change
- case control