A5073694639- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Physical Activity and Health
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Music History and Culture
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
2007-2024
Maine Medical Center
2007-2024
Maine Medical Center
2004-2020
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales
2015
University of Oregon
2007
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2007
Rogers (United States)
2007
TCL (China)
2007
GTx (United States)
2007
De Montfort University
2002
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) was developed by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III, identifying adults with at least 3 of 5 cardiometabolic risk factors (hyperglycemia, increased central adiposity, elevated triglycerides, decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and blood pressure) who are diabetes cardiovascular disease. The constellation MetS component has a shared pathophysiology many common treatment approaches grounded in lifestyle modification....
Severe obesity among youth is an "epidemic within epidemic" and portends a shortened life expectancy for today's children compared with those of their parents' generation. has outpaced less severe forms childhood in prevalence, it disproportionately affects adolescents. Emerging evidence linked to the development progression multiple comorbid states, including increased cardiometabolic risk resulting end-organ damage adulthood. Lifestyle modification treatment achieved moderate short-term...
Physical activity plays an important role in children's cardiovascular health, musculoskeletal mental and behavioral physical, social, cognitive development. Despite the importance lives, pediatricians are unfamiliar with assessment guidance regarding physical children. With release of 2018 Activity Guidelines by US Department Health Human Services, play a critical encouraging children through assessing literacy; providing toward meeting recommendations their families; advocating for...
Objective Document the impact of Let’s Go!, a multisetting community-based childhood obesity prevention program on participants in 12 communities Maine. Methods The study used repeated random telephone surveys with 800 parents children to measure awareness messages and child behaviors. Surveys were conducted schools, care programs, afterschool programs track changes policies environments. Results Findings show improvements from 2007 2011: Children consuming fruits vegetables increased 18%,...
To evaluate the effect of a pediatric primary care-based intervention, on improved clinical decision support and family management risk behaviors for childhood overweight.An experimental field trial was conducted with 12 intervention sites in urban rural areas Maine nonrandomized control sites. Change assessed by using parent measures from 9 10 before during Youth Overweight Collaborative intervention. Longitudinal information collected chart audits patients aged 5-18 years (n = 600),...
OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to determine the feasibility of school staff voluntarily adopting strategies deliver health-promotion messages primary and middle students during day. METHODS. During 2006–2007 year, we provided a resource kit with for promoting physical activity healthy eating through use 5-2-1-0 message (encouraging ≥5 servings fruits vegetables daily, limiting screen time ≤2 hours per day, ≥1 hour avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages) 7 schools 2 in southern Maine. Teachers...
Background: Primary care is an opportune setting to contribute obesity prevention and treatment. However, there limited evidence for effective sustainable interventions in primary care. The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC) successfully affected office systems, provider behavior, patient experience. current study evaluates the effect of MYOC on knowledge, beliefs, practices, experience, 2012, three years postintervention. Methods: A quasi-experimental field trial was used with all...
Abstract Objective The increasing prevalence of and inequities in childhood obesity demand improved access to effective treatment. SmartMoves curriculum used Bright Bodies, a proven‐effective, intensive health behavior lifestyle treatment (IHBLT), was disseminated ≥30 US sites from 2003 2018. We aimed identify barriers facilitators IHBLT implementation/sustainment. Methods surveyed interviewed key informants about experiences acquiring/implementing SmartMoves. In parallel, we analyzed then...
Background: We evaluated the impact of a brief primary-care–based intervention, The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC), on BMI (kg/m2) z-score change among participants with obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile for age and sex), overweight ≥85th <95th percentile), healthy weight (≥50th <85th percentile). Methods: A quasi-experimental field trial nine intervention control sites in urban rural areas Maine, MYOC focused improvements clinical decision support, charting percentile, identifying...
Purpose To examine the impact of a chronic care residency training intervention on continuity clinic patients’ asthma-related emergency department use and primary residents’ application key elements Chronic Care Model (CCM). Method In 2002 2003, authors conducted pre- posttraining survey 41 residents at Maine Medical Center to assess implementation CCM. The change in for was compared with that 77 not receiving CCM training. Asthma-related (ED) by 441 patients cared other asthma using...
Digital health interventions show promise for weight management. However, few text-based behavior change have been designed to support patients receiving intragastric balloons, and none simultaneously evaluated loss, psychological well-being, despite the crucial interplay of these factors in
Problem: Obesity is linked to more than 200 chronic conditions, lower quality of life, and worse outcomes for patients. Let's Go! a community engagement initiative that works with communities create environments support healthy behaviors impact obesity. provides educational programming all medical learners providers throughout Maine Carroll County, New Hampshire. The goal address the health obesity stigma associated it, including its on patients' mental clinicians' unconscious biases.
Background: Let’s Go! is a Maine-based, nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify specific program and school characteristics, policies, practices associated with schools achieving Go!’s priority strategies for increasing opportunities healthy eating/active living in suggest areas improvement. Methods: A serial cross-sectional design over 3 years used characteristics higher-performing suggestions Logistic regressions data...
<h3></h3> Children with complex needs and their families coming into hospital an acute admission may face a very unfamiliar environment despite perhaps having been under the care of community multidisciplinary teams for years. We have developed General Paediatric model where one consultant is identified as lead based each such patient. During admissions, day to delegated attending general paediatric team, but liaises them family needed, ensuring smooth communication consistency between all...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Digital health interventions show promise for weight management. However, few text-based behavior change have been designed to support patients receiving intragastric balloons, and none simultaneously evaluated loss, psychological well-being, despite the crucial interplay of these factors in </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims assess whether a coach–led, asynchronous, digital coaching intervention (DBCCI) delivered participants an balloon its...