Title |
Enhancing self-regulation as a strategy for obesity prevention in Head Start preschoolers: the growing healthy study
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1040 |
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Authors |
Alison L Miller, Mildred A Horodynski, Holly E Brophy Herb, Karen E Peterson, Dawn Contreras, Niko Kaciroti, Julie Staples-Watson, Julie C Lumeng |
Abstract |
Nearly one in five 4-year-old children in the United States are obese, with low-income children almost twice as likely to be obese as their middle/upper-income peers. Few obesity prevention programs for low-income preschoolers and their parents have been rigorously tested, and effects are modest. We are testing a novel obesity prevention program for low-income preschoolers built on the premise that children who are better able to self-regulate in the face of psychosocial stressors may be less likely to eat impulsively in response to stress. Enhancing behavioral self-regulation skills in low-income children may be a unique and important intervention approach to prevent childhood obesity. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 23% |
Netherlands | 2 | 15% |
Ireland | 1 | 8% |
Australia | 1 | 8% |
Canada | 1 | 8% |
United States | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 4 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9 | 69% |
Scientists | 2 | 15% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 1% |
United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
Germany | 2 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 273 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 52 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 14% |
Researcher | 35 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 27 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 15 | 5% |
Other | 43 | 15% |
Unknown | 71 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 20% |
Psychology | 49 | 17% |
Social Sciences | 40 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 10% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 4% |
Other | 21 | 7% |
Unknown | 78 | 28% |