Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bone Density, Rogers Tv, University Of Western Ontario
9 Sep 2013
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Canadian children have become progressively overweight and obese: 31. 5% of 5-to-17-year old children are overweight (19. 8%) or obese (11. 7%)- compared to 15% in 1978. Tracks to adulthood important to intervene during childhood because easier to change behavior: obese children tend to become obese adults. 2 year pilot funded by the lawson foundation (diabetes funding opportunity: find some preliminary data and take the data and develop a long term program. Primary objective: to increase physical activity during and following the intervention. To improve physiological and psychological outcomes as well as dietary patterns and self- efficacy. When the kids came they had very low confidence to participate in sports at school. Want to increase children"s confidence and make them believe that they can play sports and can be active. Year 1 (2008)- 15 children (8 females, 7 males) ages 8-14: took a long time for program to be approved ethically which is why they had to broaden the age range.
