A5000637406- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Color perception and design
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Education Systems and Policy
- Geology and Environmental Impact Studies
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Physical Activity and Health
- Local Governance and Planning
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
2017-2025
Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
2017-2024
Clinical Nutrition Research Centre
2017-2020
National University Health System
2017-2020
University of Birmingham
2012-2017
Cambridge University Press
2017
New York University Press
2017
Abstract Faster eating rates are associated with increased energy intake, but little is known about the relationship between children’s rate, food intake and adiposity. We examined whether children who eat faster consume more this higher weight status hypothesised that rate mediates child ad libitum intake. Children ( n 386) from Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes cohort participated a video-recorded lunch at 4·5 years to measure acute Videos were coded for three...
A growing body of evidence from observational and experimental studies shows the associations between exposure to urban green spaces (UGSs) mental health outcomes. Little is known about which specific features UGS that might be most beneficial. In addition, there potential in utilizing objective physiological markers health, such as assessing brain activity, but subject requires further investigation. This paper presents preliminary findings an on-going within-subject experiment where adult...
Abstract Current literature shows that interaction with urban greenery can have a wide range of positive health outcomes. Targeted nature-based programs, such as therapeutic horticulture, been shown to result in multiple benefits for older adults residing temperate environments, but much less research has carried out on populations different phenotypes, Asian the tropics. The current study investigated effects 24-session horticulture program 47 participants Singapore, an experimental pretest...
There is an established consensus among researchers that contact with nature improves mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life in urbanised environments. Studies tend to examine the health impacts without identifying specific physical spatial landscape features could guide health-promoting design urban green spaces. A growing body evidence suggests described Contemplative Landscape Model (CLM) can be used measure therapeutic value landscapes. CLM assesses landscapes across seven...
The therapeutic values of contact with nature have been increasingly recognized. A growing body evidence suggests that a unique subcategory "contemplative landscapes" is particularly therapeutic. Previous studies predominantly focused on observational designs in non-clinical populations. It not known if these effects can be extrapolated to populations suffering from depression, and experimental need utilized establish causality. We examined the in-situ passive exposure three urban spaces...
Abstract Few children consume the recommended portions of fruit or vegetables. This study examined effects parental physical prompting and modelling in children’s acceptance a novel (NF) role food-approach food-avoidance traits on NF engagement consumption. A total 120 caregiver–child dyads (fifty-four girls, sixty-six boys) participated this study. Dyads were allocated to one following three conditions: but no modelling, only control condition. ate standardised meal containing portion new...
This study develops a Bayesian semi-parametric model to examine the longitudinal growth and appetite phenotypes in children from GUSTO cohort, with focus on understanding relationship between eating behaviours outcomes over time. While behaviours, such as picky eating, have been shown influence future weight obesity risk, their developmental patterns associations trajectories remain under-explored. work addresses these gaps by modelling data, including both metrics (e.g., BMI) Child Eating...
Revised subscales of the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) have been proposed to be more appropriate for assessing appetitive traits in Singaporean 3 year-olds, but CEBQ has not yet validated older children this population. The current study aimed validate at ages 5 (n=653) and 6 (n=449) ethnically diverse GUSTO cohort. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examined whether established eight-factor model was supported sample. Overall, CFA showed a poor fit both 6. At 6, an...
Abstract Background Parental practices and neighbourhood environmental factors may influence children’s movement behaviours. We aimed to investigate the cross-sectional prospective associations of parental with accelerometer-measured 24-hour behaviours (24 h-MBs) among school-aged children in Singapore. Methods The Growing Up Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study collected information on dimensions environment at age 5.5 years. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed generate...
The main aim of the current study was to test hypothesis that early reactions a vegetable in infants may be associated with sensory processing, particular, tactile over-responsivity. A secondary see whether relationship between over-responsivity and consumption would moderated by age infant. sample 61 recruited from children's centres playgroups South Birmingham, UK. Infant's acceptance carrot measured grams during first week complementary feeding one testing situation. Mothers filled...
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that faster eating rates are linked with increased intake of energy during a meal. Here, we examined whether within‐meal parental feeding practices show cross‐sectional and prospective associations children's oral processing behaviours the previously association between higher intakes varies by practices. A subset ( n = 155) children their mothers from Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes cohort participated an ad libitum meal at age 4.5...
Longitudinal assessment of the determinants obesogenic growth trajectories in childhood can suggest appropriate developmental windows for intervention.Latent class mixture modelling was used to identify body mass index (BMI) z-score from birth age 6 years 994 children a prospective mother-offspring cohort (Chinese, Indian and Malay ethnicities) based Singapore. We evaluated early-life as well their associations with cardiometabolic risk markers at years.Five BMI trajectory patterns were...
The transition from risk factors in the first 1,000 days to childhood obesity occurs largely through development of maladaptive eating behaviors that emerge early, remain stable, and support greater energy intake over time. We have examined association between behaviors, intake, body composition at 4.5 6 years age among children GUSTO (Growing Up Singapore towards Healthy Outcomes) cohort. Our findings demonstrate when select larger portions, eat a faster rate, continue sated, they consume...