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The Prevention of Childhood Obesity Is a Priority: The Preliminary Results of the “EpPOI: Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity” Project

by
Debora Porri
1,2,
Giovanni Luppino
1,*,
Letteria Anna Morabito
2,
Elisa La Rosa
2,
Giorgia Pepe
1,2,
Domenico Corica
1,2,
Mariella Valenzise
1,2,
Maria Francesca Messina
1,2,
Giuseppina Zirilli
1,2,
Alessandra Li Pomi
1,
Angela Alibrandi
3,
Debora Di Mauro
4,
Tommaso Aversa
1,2,† and
Malgorzata Gabriela Wasniewska
1,2,†
1
Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98124 Messina, Italy
2
Pediatric Unit, “G. Martino” University Hospital, 98124 Messina, Italy
3
Department of Economics, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy
4
Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
The authors contributed equally to this work.
Nutrients 2024, 16(15), 2538; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16152538
Submission received: 12 July 2024 / Revised: 27 July 2024 / Accepted: 30 July 2024 / Published: 2 August 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle Promoting Healthy Weight Strategies in Children and Adolescents–2nd Edition)
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Background: The increase in childhood obesity rates represents a serious public health problem. The project “EpPOI: Education to prevent childhood obesity” is aimed at a multidisciplinary approach to raise awareness of the importance of preventing childhood obesity through lifestyle education. Methods: Two actions by experts were performed: an intervention with children in schools and a meeting for both parents and school staff. Participants completed a questionnaire structured as a Likert scale. Results: The sample size was 96 people, and awareness of the childhood obesity problem as well as the need for obesity prevention was high among respondents. We also found great interest among participants in having more information on pediatric nutrition and physical activity, with a positive correlation with age. Furthermore, the multivariate regression model configured interest in having more information on nutrition and physical activity as an independent and statistically significant predictor of awareness of childhood obesity as a current issue. Conclusions: The results highlight the need to act on childhood obesity through lifestyle prevention strategies early in life.
Keywords: childhood obesity; childhood obesity prevention; pediatric nutrition; lifestyle intervention childhood obesity; childhood obesity prevention; pediatric nutrition; lifestyle intervention

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Porri, D.; Luppino, G.; Morabito, L.A.; La Rosa, E.; Pepe, G.; Corica, D.; Valenzise, M.; Messina, M.F.; Zirilli, G.; Li Pomi, A.; et al. The Prevention of Childhood Obesity Is a Priority: The Preliminary Results of the “EpPOI: Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity” Project. Nutrients 2024, 16, 2538. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16152538

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Porri D, Luppino G, Morabito LA, La Rosa E, Pepe G, Corica D, Valenzise M, Messina MF, Zirilli G, Li Pomi A, et al. The Prevention of Childhood Obesity Is a Priority: The Preliminary Results of the “EpPOI: Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity” Project. Nutrients. 2024; 16(15):2538. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16152538

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Porri, Debora, Giovanni Luppino, Letteria Anna Morabito, Elisa La Rosa, Giorgia Pepe, Domenico Corica, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Giuseppina Zirilli, Alessandra Li Pomi, and et al. 2024. "The Prevention of Childhood Obesity Is a Priority: The Preliminary Results of the “EpPOI: Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity” Project" Nutrients 16, no. 15: 2538. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16152538

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