BACKGROUND It is important to understand the correlates of physical activity (PA) to influence policy and create environments that promote PA among preschool children. We compared preschoolers' PA in Swedish and in US settings and objectively examined differences boys' and girls' indoor and outdoor PA regarding different intensity levels and sedentary behavior. METHODS Accelerometer determine...

objective: the aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of protein energy malnutrition(pem) by anthropometric measurements in preschool children of tribal community of chhattisgarh. material and methods: a total of 449 children [237 boys and 212 girls] from 286 families were selected randomly. anthropometric measurements were done as per standard protocol. the level of underweight, stun...

In a cross sectional study the mental health of parents of physically and mentally handicapped preschool children was compared with that of parents of healthy preschool children. The social networks of the parents with handicapped children were also studied to determine factors that might influence psychiatric morbidity. The mothers of the handicapped children showed significantly more psychiat...

OBJECTIVES To examine the long-term behavioral consequences of exposure to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks in preschool children and to evaluate whether conjoined exposure to disaster and to other traumatic events has additive effects. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Lower Manhattan, New York. PARTICIPANTS A total of 116 preschool children directly exposed to the WTC attac...

In this cohort study, the association between early exposure to dogs and farm animals and the risk of asthma was evaluated and included all children born in Sweden. The association was assessed as the odds ratio (OR) for a current diagnosis of asthma at age 6 years for schoolaged children and as the hazard ratio (HR) for incident asthma at ages 1 to 5 years for preschool-aged children. The prim...

INTRODUCTION A pilot intervention was conducted to promote physical activity and nutrition in public preschool education (near half a million children in Chile), in order to prevent obesity. OBJECTIVE To assess the primary (body fat) and secondary outcomes (physical activity and energy intake) of a nutrition and physical activity pilot intervention for preschool children, attending day care c...

Preschool-aged foster children face multiple risks for poor long-term outcomes. These risks appear to increase with the number of placement changes experienced. The Early Intervention Foster Care Program (EIFC) targets the spectrum of challenges that preschool-aged foster children face via a team approach delivered in home and community settings. In this article, we report on permanent placemen...

The development of culturally and linguistically appropriate measurement is necessary to enable accurate assessment of preschool children’s interpersonal competence and behavioral difficulties. This need is most pressing for children from Hispanic backgrounds, who currently represent the fastest growing population of U.S. children. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of a...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine blood lead concentrations in children living in an area with a battery plant in Berat, Albania. Another aim was to determine blood lead concentrations in mothers and cord blood levels in neonates from Berat and compare them with values found in Tirana. DESIGN Cross sectional survey with a 10% random sample of children, and a 10% sample of mothers and newborn. SE...

AIMS To assess the outcome of children referred to the hospital eye service (HES) from an orthoptist based preschool vision screening programme. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted of children referred from screening during a 2 year period. Children were screened by community orthoptists at 3 1/2 years of age. The main outcome measures were (1) HES findings for children referred from ...