Effectiveness of behavioral interventions to prevent childhood obesity:
Effectiveness of behavioral interventions to prevent childhood obesity:
Strategies and Challenges
Parisa Amiri, PhD
Obesity Research Center
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences
October, 2012
- Target behaviors
- Effectiveness of behavioral interventions and strategies
- The main challenges of childhood obesity prevention
- Conclusion
- Physical activity
- Less than necessary with excessive sedentary activity
- Dietary behaviors
- Rich in unhealthy food choices and poor in healthy ones
- Which preventive interventions could affect physical activity and dietary behaviors as outcomes?
- Which prevention strategies and their components are the most effective approaches for changing dietary and physical activity behaviors among children and adolescents?
