Public- and private-sector initiatives to promote healthy eating and physical activity, called 'healthy lifestyles', are a relatively recent response to the global obesity pandemic. The present paper explores different views about marketing healthy lifestyles with a special emphasis on private-sector initiatives and public-private partnerships designed to reach young people. We discuss aspects ...

CONTEXT Age-related memory decline affects a large proportion of older adults. Cognitive training, physical exercise, and other lifestyle habits may help to minimize self-perception of memory loss and a decline in objective memory performance. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 6-week educational program on memory training, physical activity, stress reduction, and ...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is a growing problem for children in the United States, especially for children from low-income, African American families. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand facilitators and barriers to engaging in healthy lifestyles faced by low-income African American children and their families. METHODS This qualitative study used semi-structu...

OBJECTIVES There is a theoretical basis for believing that healthy lifestyle interventions can improve mental well-being and evidence to show that mental well-being is protective of future health. This study contributes to the evidence base by examining changes in mental well-being associated with the One Body One Life (OBOL) healthy lifestyle programme in a community setting in the West Midlan...

introduction: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) has become the most common cause of liver disease worldwide. it has been suggested that dietary composition plays a role in nafld pathogenesis; thus, changing dietary patterns may constitute a therapeutic resource even in the absence of weight reduction. the aim of this study was to identify the characteristic of suitable dietary pattern i...

Few studies have been performed to use the detailed healthy eating index (HEI) to estimate consumer demand for diet quality. In this article, we apply household production theory to systematically estimate consumer demand for diet quality using the HEI developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The results show that consumers have insufficient consumption of food containing dark green and...

BACKGROUND Although obesity among immigrants remains an important area of study given the increasing migrant population in Australia and other developed countries, research on factors amenable to intervention is sparse. The aim of the study was to develop a culturally-competent obesity prevention program for sub-Saharan African (SSA) families with children aged 12-17 years using a community-par...

BACKGROUND Limited studies have investigated relationships in psychosocial outcomes between adolescents who are obese and their parents and how psychosocial outcomes change during participation in a physical activity and healthy eating intervention. This study examined both adolescent and parent psychosocial outcomes while participating in a one - year multi-disciplinary family-based interventi...

BACKGROUND There are no national data on levels of organizational capacity within the Canadian public health system to reduce the burden of chronic disease. METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected in a national survey (October 2004 to April 2005) of all 216 national, provincial and regional-level organizations engaged in chronic disease prevention through primary prevention or healthy lif...