Sökning: "Unhealthy behaviours"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Unhealthy behaviours.
1. Psychosocial Vulnerability Underlying Unhealthy Behaviours in Swedish Adolescents
Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to examine the relationship between Swedish school adolescents´ health-related behaviours and psychosocial and socio-demographic factors, with the purpose of identifying vulnerability factors for unhealthy behaviours and exploring adolescents’ own experiences and thoughts about this.Three studies were quantitative cross-sectional studies and used data from two different questionnaires. LÄS MER
2. Parental support to promote children's dietary and physical activity behaviours in disadvantaged settings
Sammanfattning : Background: A clear socioeconomic gradient in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity exists in Sweden whereby children with low socioeconomic status (SES) have higher rates. Parents are an important target group for interventions to promote healthy behaviours and prevent unhealthy weight development in children. LÄS MER
3. Dietary intakes of Swedish children and adolescents
Sammanfattning : Background: Knowing what children and adolescents eat, how stable their diets are, and how diet relates to other chronic disease risk factors are important issues for public health nutrition. Setting and design: In 1998-9, 1120 children (grade 3) and adolescents (grade 9) took part in the European Youth Heart Study in Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Being able to be stable : exploring primary weight maintenance as a public health strategy for obesity prevention
Sammanfattning : Background Overweight and obesity are considerable public health issues internationally as well as in Sweden. On a global level, the obesity prevalence has nearly doubled over the last 30 years. Currently in Sweden, more than one third of all women, and slightly more than half of all men, are either overweight or obese. LÄS MER
5. A population perspective on obesity prevention : lessons learned from Sweden and the U.S
Sammanfattning : Obesity prevalences are increasing in Sweden and the US. Obesity has many health consequences and health risks are associated with small increases in weight and marked obesity. Cross-sectional and panel surveys from northern Sweden and upstate NY provide the basis for furthering understanding of body mass index (BMI) development. LÄS MER