Obesity Abstracts

Background: Pregnancy provides a window of opportunity to prevent childhood obesity through lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of delivery of large-for-gestational-age infants, and childhood and adult obesity. Given the abundance of novel information that midwives are required to discuss with women during pregnancy, a brief intervention may be a pragmatic approach. The objective of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of brief intervent...

Background: Food advertising increases young people’s acute calorie intake and in response, the UK Government is consulting on a 9 pm pre-watershed for television/online advertising for high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods; however, more subtle effects of advertising on children’s understanding and attitudes are unclear. We undertook a systematic review assessing the influence of advertising on children and adolescents’ decision-making. A key element of the work...

Background: There is considerable interest in tightening food and drink advertising restrictions to address childhood obesity. However, regulations often focus on protecting children aged <12 years, with the assumption that older children are cognitively capable of understanding advertising. This review aims to systematically examine whether advertising influences children and adolescents' critical reasoning in relation to health behaviours.Methods: ...