Archivio per il tag 'sovrappeso'

Non c’è spazio per l’attività fisica a scuola

Letto le regole per l’apertura delle scuole.

L’attività fisica è scomparsa e le palestre diventeranno aule.

Si evidenzia concezione disfunzionale dello sviluppo dei giovani.

Aumenterà obesità e sedentarietà: lo stato ponderale dei genitori, il loro livello di istruzione e il reddito familiare risultano associati all’Indice di Massa Corporea del bambino. Quindi chi è più svantaggiato lo sarà ancora di più!

 

Rischio sovrappeso e obesità in bambini con autismo

Chanaka N. Kahathuduwa et al. (2019). The risk of overweight and obesity in children with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 20, 667–1679.

This meta‐analysis provides evidence‐based support to suggest that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) seem to have a greater risk of developing overweight or obesity, particularly when living in the United States. Our results also highlighted non‐Caucasian race, increasing age, female sex, and living in the United States as potential factors associated with an increased risk of developing overweight and obesity in children with ASD.

The mechanisms through which ASD may increase the risk of excessive weight gain and the contributions of the moderators of this association need to be established in pancontinental studies.

Based on our findings, awareness must be raised among practitioners, especially in the United States, about the increased risk of obesity in children with ASD. Clinicians need to be vigilant about these issues, identify potential contributors to the association between ASD and obesity, and develop early interventions to reduce weight gain in this pediatric population.

Rischio di sovrappeso e obesità per i bambini con autismo

The risk of overweight and obesity in children with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Kahathuduwa CNWest BD  Blume J  Dharavath  Moustaid-Moussa N Mastergeorge A

Obes Rev. 2019 Oct 8

Multiple studies have suggested that autism spectrum disorders seem to increase the risk of overweight and obesity. We examined the pooled prevalence and relative risk of developing overweight or obesity among children with autism spectrum disorders in a systematic review and meta‐analysis. We searched PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, and Web of Science databases and subsequently screened the records to identify studies that reported prevalence of overweight and/or obesity in children with ASD and matched groups of neurotypical children. DerSimonian‐Laird random‐effects meta‐analyses were performed to examine pooled prevalence and relative risk of obesity in children with autism spectrum disorders using the “meta” package in R software. Among children with autism spectrum disorders, the prevalence of obesity was 22.2%. Children with ASD had a 41.1% greater risk (P = .018) of development of obesity. Non‐Caucasian race, increasing age, female sex, and living in the United States emerged as positive moderators of the association between autism spectrum disorders and prevalence of overweight or obesity. Autism spectrum disorders seem to increase the risk of childhood obesity. Increased awareness of this association may allow the implementation of early interventions to reduce obesity and prevent potential deterioration of quality‐of‐life in this population.

170 milioni $ per combattere la sedentarietà

Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans don’t get enough exercise and a growing segment doesn’t get any exercise. Technology has allowed us to get by with less and less physical activity. Seventy-five years ago, it was very difficult to even make a living sitting down, but nowadays more and more people work sedentary jobs where they are seated a big portion of the day—and their bodies are rebelling for it!

  • Diabetes is on the increase and predicted to affect 1 in 3 people by 2050.
  • 70.7% percent of Americans aged 20 and older are overweight
  • 37.9% of Americans aged 20 and older are obese
  • Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in America. One in three deaths is related to heart disease

In 2017, US-NIH will launch a huge study to document in detail exactly what is happening in the body when exercising and prove that exercise is medicine.

The six-year, $170 million study will follow 3,000 sedentary people ranging from children to the elderly as they embark on an exercise program. A control group, who will remain sedentary, will also be tracked for comparison.

Elogio del camminare

Camminare è il primo desiderio di un bambino e l’ultima cosa che vorrebbe perdere un anziano. Camminare è un’attività che non richiede sforzi fisici. È la cura senza farmaci, il controllo del proprio peso senza dieta, ed è il cosmetico che non si trova in farmacia. È un rilassante senza pillole, una terapia senza psicanalista, ed è la vacanza che non costa nulla. Camminare è conveniente, non richiede particolari attrezzature, è adattabile ad ogni esigenza ed è un’attività intrinsecamente sicura. Camminare è naturale come respirare.

John Butcher, fondatore di “Walk21”

Lo stato ponderale del bambino risulta correlato con quello dei genitori. Infatti, quando almeno uno dei due genitori è in sovrappeso il 22,2% dei bambini risulta in sovrappeso e il 5,6% obeso. Quando almeno un genitore è obeso il 30,7% dei bambini è in sovrappeso e il 13,3% obeso. Questi dati del Ministero della Salute si riferiscono alla provincia di Modena, in molte altre Regioni il trend è ancora più negativo.