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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 High body mass index, overweight, and obesity in children: Definitions, terminology, and interpretation
- Chapter 2 Stigma and BMI screening in schools, or ‘Mom, I hate it when they weigh me’
- Chapter 3 Developing positive approaches to nutrition education and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity: First, do no harm
- Chapter 4 Low family income and the overweight status of Canadian adolescents
- Chapter 5 Issues of teacher training in the prevention of eating disorders and childhood obesity in schools
- Chapter 6 Childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries: Global trends and correlates
- Chapter 7 A review of prevalence and trends in childhood obesity in the United States
- Chapter 8 Overweight, obesity, gender, age, ethnicity, and school SES among Australian schoolchildren in studies from 2000 and 2006
- Chapter 9 Secular trends in childhood obesity and associated risk factors in China from 1982 to 2006
- Chapter 10 Trends in Hong Kong and Macao and other Chinese communities
- Chapter 11 Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Chapter 12 Secular changes in overweight and obesity among Brazilian adolescents from 1974/75 to 2002/03
- Chapter 13 Trends in obesity and hypertension in South African youth
- Chapter 14 Childhood obesity—recent trends in Sweden including socioeconomic differences
- Chapter 15 Childhood obesity in the Middle Eastern countries with special reference to Iran
- Chapter 16 Trends in Israel
- Chapter 17 Childhood obesity: Treatment or prevention?
- Chapter 18 Relevant health education and health promotion theory for childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 19 The application of public health lessons to childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 20 Towards a children’s food and nutrition policy
- Chapter 21 Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Chapter 22 Asian adolescents in New Zealand—a health promotion approach
- Chapter 23 The role of health professionals
- Chapter 24 Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: The New Moves approach
- Chapter 25 Whole-school and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention—government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010
- Chapter 26 Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents
- Chapter 27 Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research
- Chapter 28 Environment and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children
- Chapter 29 Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents
- Chapter 30 Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes
- Chapter 31 Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools
- Chapter 32 Physical activity programmes in high schools
- Chapter 33 Effective school meal interventions: Lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England
- Chapter 34 Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: An updated systematic review of the literature
- Chapter 35 Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents
- Index
Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Chapter:
- (p.240) Chapter 21 Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Source:
- Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Author(s):
Ting Fei Ho
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572915.003.0021
In this chapter, an overview of the prevalence and health problems of childhood obesity in Singapore provides a backdrop to the discussion on the measures of prevention and intervention of childhood obesity in Singapore and the success and failures of these measures. While there is a lack of major publications on the prevention and management of childhood obesity in Singapore, the various reports and limited publications give us a glimpse into the strategies used, the effectiveness, flaws, and the ongoing programs to combat childhood obesity. In addition, the chapter provides new research data and clinical experience in the areas of childhood obesity and related issues such as eating disorders.
Keywords: research data, Singapore, overweight, obesity, children, diagnosis, measurement, interpretation, Singapore, Asia
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 High body mass index, overweight, and obesity in children: Definitions, terminology, and interpretation
- Chapter 2 Stigma and BMI screening in schools, or ‘Mom, I hate it when they weigh me’
- Chapter 3 Developing positive approaches to nutrition education and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity: First, do no harm
- Chapter 4 Low family income and the overweight status of Canadian adolescents
- Chapter 5 Issues of teacher training in the prevention of eating disorders and childhood obesity in schools
- Chapter 6 Childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries: Global trends and correlates
- Chapter 7 A review of prevalence and trends in childhood obesity in the United States
- Chapter 8 Overweight, obesity, gender, age, ethnicity, and school SES among Australian schoolchildren in studies from 2000 and 2006
- Chapter 9 Secular trends in childhood obesity and associated risk factors in China from 1982 to 2006
- Chapter 10 Trends in Hong Kong and Macao and other Chinese communities
- Chapter 11 Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents
- Chapter 12 Secular changes in overweight and obesity among Brazilian adolescents from 1974/75 to 2002/03
- Chapter 13 Trends in obesity and hypertension in South African youth
- Chapter 14 Childhood obesity—recent trends in Sweden including socioeconomic differences
- Chapter 15 Childhood obesity in the Middle Eastern countries with special reference to Iran
- Chapter 16 Trends in Israel
- Chapter 17 Childhood obesity: Treatment or prevention?
- Chapter 18 Relevant health education and health promotion theory for childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 19 The application of public health lessons to childhood obesity prevention
- Chapter 20 Towards a children’s food and nutrition policy
- Chapter 21 Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents—the Singapore experience
- Chapter 22 Asian adolescents in New Zealand—a health promotion approach
- Chapter 23 The role of health professionals
- Chapter 24 Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: The New Moves approach
- Chapter 25 Whole-school and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention—government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010
- Chapter 26 Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents
- Chapter 27 Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research
- Chapter 28 Environment and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children
- Chapter 29 Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents
- Chapter 30 Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes
- Chapter 31 Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools
- Chapter 32 Physical activity programmes in high schools
- Chapter 33 Effective school meal interventions: Lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England
- Chapter 34 Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: An updated systematic review of the literature
- Chapter 35 Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents
- Index
