Browsing by Subject "overweight"
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Atlantic-dip: excessive gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational or pregestational diabetes mellitus
(The Endocrine Society, 2014-01-01)Context: Women who have diabetes mellitus during pregnancy are at higher risk of adverse outcomes. Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is also emerging as a risk factor for maternofetal complications, and in 2009, the ... -
Body mass index and health service utilisation in the older population: results from the irish longitudinal study on ageing
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-11-06)Background: obesity is associated with higher healthcare costs in older people; however, estimates are predominantly based on the use of primary and secondary services. Our objective was to estimate the effect of overweight ... -
Causal information on children's attitudes and behavioural intentions toward a peer with obesity
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Chronic disease burden associated with overweight and obesity in ireland: the effects of a small bmi reduction at population level
(Springer Nature, 2014-02-10)Background: Overweight and obesity prevalence has risen dramatically in recent decades. While it is known that overweight and obesity is associated with a wide range of chronic diseases, the cumulative burden of chronic ... -
Dali: vitamin d and lifestyle intervention for gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) prevention: an european multicentre, randomised trial – study protocol
(Springer Nature, 2013-07-05)Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing problem world-wide. Lifestyle interventions and/or vitamin D supplementation might help prevent GDM in some women. Methods/design: Pregnant women at risk of ... -
Effects of an eight-week supervised, structured lifestyle modification programme on anthropometric, metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in severely obese adults
(Springer Nature, 2015-08-01)Background: Lifestyle modification is fundamental to obesity treatment, but few studies have described the effects of structured lifestyle programmes specifically in bariatric patients. We sought to describe changes in ... -
Enablers and barriers to physical activity in overweight and obese pregnant women: an analysis informed by the theoretical domains framework and com-b model
(Springer Nature, 2018-05-21)Background: Obesity during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and other complications. Physical activity is a modifiable lifestyle factor that may help to prevent these ... -
Facial reactions reveal that slim is good but fat is not bad: implicit and explicit measures of body-size bias
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Food for thought: analysing the internal and external school food environment
(Emerald, 2015-02-02)Purpose - Availability and access to food is a determinant of obesity. The purpose of this paper is to examine food availability within and outside of post-primary schools in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach - Data on ... -
Is a motivational interviewing based lifestyle intervention for obese pregnant women across europe implemented as planned? process evaluation of the dali study
(Springer Nature, 2017-09-07)Background: Process evaluation is an essential part of designing and assessing complex interventions. The vitamin D and lifestyle intervention study (DALI) study is testing different strategies to prevent development of ... -
Peer victimization among school-aged children with chronic conditions
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011-11-30)Peer victimization is a common problem among school-aged children, and those with chronic conditions are at an increased risk. A systematic review of the literature was carried out to explore the increased risk of peer ... -
Results from a european multicenter randomized trial of physical activity and/or healthy eating to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: the dali lifestyle pilot
(American Diabetes Association, 2015-06-25)OBJECTIVE Ways to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remain unproven. We compared the impact of three lifestyle interventions (healthy eating [HE], physical activity [PA], and both HE and PA [HE+PA]) on GDM risk ... -
Trends in thinness prevalence among adolescents in ten european countries and the usa (1998–2006): a cross-sectional survey
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013-09-24)Objective: To describe the prevalence of 'graded thinness' in children aged 11, 13 and 15 years in eleven developed countries and to identify trends in the prevalence of 'thinness' (BMI, 17 kg/m(2) at age 18 years) by age ... -
Weight care project: health professionals' attitudes and ability to assess body weight status - study protocol
(Springer Nature, 2011-03-31)Background: Health professionals working in primary care and public health have opportunities to address body weight status issues with their patients through face-to-face contact. The objectives of this all-Ireland project ...