Reprint

Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents

Edited by
December 2019
358 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03921-600-0 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03921-601-7 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents that was published in

Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

In recent years, diet- and lifestyle-related disorders have become a major health threat in Europe and worldwide. The contributions in this monograph include 2 review articles and 19 original contributions from several countries that provide new information on the existing research elucidating important aspects of children’s and adolescents’ nutrition and lifestyle behavior. The data included in this Special Issue are from large epidemiological studies, including several multicenter and multinational studies, as well as datasets from surveillance initiatives. The topics of interest of this Special Issue include the co-occurrence of multiple health behaviors in children, the role of parenting and early feeding practices, dairy consumption in childhood, validity of dietary intake data, dietary supplement use in children, as well as socioeconomic disparities and eating culture. The diverse articles in this Special Issue highlight the complexity and extent to which nutrition and physical activity behaviors may influence different health aspects of children and adolescents. As seen by the various findings and recommendations, not only is more work in this area required but the translation of this work to practice and policy is imperative if we are to address the challenges impacting the nutrition, physical activity, and health of young populations.

Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY licence
Keywords
diet; inflammation; children’s-dietary inflammatory index; body composition; primary school; dietary pattern; principal component analysis; reduced rank regression; prevention; validation study; dietary assessment methods; food diary; cross-classification; children; whole diet; preschool; DAGIS Study; diet quality; PANDiet index; early childhood; nutritional adequacy; nutrient intake quality; growing up milk; eating behaviour; psychological eating style; negative emotions; Emotion-Induced Eating Scale; health behaviour; BMI; home food environment; Healthy Eating Index; dietary quality; validation; psychometric; consumption behavior; knowledge; Melanesian; Pacific; physical activity; sugar-sweetened beverage; noncommunicable diseases; weight status; self-weight perception; cluster analysis; energy balance-related behaviors; physical activity; sedentary behavior; screen time; dietary intake; overweight; obesity; children; family meals; food parenting practices; preschoolers; nutrition risk; direct observation; adolescents; children; determinants; dietary supplements; food choice; intervention; nutrition; preschool; child; parent; dairy; calcium; migration status; dietary habits; food frequency questionnaire; socioeconomic disparities; adolescents; pediatric; overweight; epidemiological transition; collaboration; childhood obesity; CEBQ; eating behavior and Ile251Leu; breakfast; obesity; cardiovascular; health; BMI; waist circumference; cholesterol; blood pressure; MyHeARTs; breastfeeding; formula milk; taste preference; healthy diet adherence; children; IDEFICS study; I.Family; screen time; physical activity; preschool children; food and beverage consumption; Physical activity; exercise; food intake; diet; children; adolescents; KiGGS; children; mothers; vegetable intake; consumption behaviors; choice; preferences; vitamin; mineral; dietary supplements; adolescents; EsKiMo; dietary screener; obesity prevention; sweet preference; children; diet quality; dietary behavior; physical activity; young populations; surveillance; epidemiology; public health