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Middle School Intervention Program Leads to Long-Term BMI Reduction for Obese Students

A five-week obesity prevention program helped obese seventh grade students lose weight over a long-term period. The average reduction in body mass index two years later when they entered high school translated into about nine pounds lower bodyweight.

May 23, 2016
Dissertation

Improving Diet in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Leveraging the Food Environment for Change

This dissertation examines the role of the food environment on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, describes public opinion toward different nutrition policies, and offers recommendations on how to improve diet and health.

May 12, 2016
Journal Article

Middle School Intervention Program Leads to Long-Term BMI Reduction

A five-week obesity prevention program helped obese seventh grade students lose weight over a long-term period. The average reduction in body mass index two years later when they entered high school translated into about nine pounds lower bodyweight.

May 4, 2016
Journal Article

Neighborhood and Home Food Environment and Children's Diet and Obesity: Evidence from Military Personnel's Installation Assignment

Focusing only on the availability of particular food outlets in a neighborhood may ignore other important factors, including how families decide what food to buy and where to buy it, availability of healthy foods at home, and parenting practices.

Apr 29, 2016
Journal Article

Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and Exercise (SNaX)

A middle school–based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide environmental changes, multimedia, encouragement to eat healthy cafeteria foods, and peer-led education, increased participation in school lunch programs and selection of fruit dishes, and reduced snack sales.

Apr 28, 2016
Journal Article

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dietary Intake Among California Children

The dietary practices of California children vary significantly among racial and ethnic groups. Health care providers and nutritionists could use these findings as a starting point to tailor dietary guidance and counseling.

Apr 1, 2016
Journal Article

Multiple Pathways from the Neighborhood Food Environment to Increased Body Mass Index Through Dietary Behaviors: A Structural Equation-Based Analysis in the CARDIA Study

Efforts to decrease the numbers of neighborhood fast food restaurants and to increase the numbers of sit-down restaurant options could influence diet behaviors.

Mar 16, 2016
Commentary

Lack of Uniformity in Menu Labeling Could Confuse Consumers

A bill recently passed by the House would loosen nutritional labeling requirements, making it more complicated for consumers to make informed decisions about what to eat when dining out.

Mar 15, 2016
Journal Article

Strategies for Obesity Prevention at the Point of Purchase

Four point-of-purchase strategies could protect consumers from potentially harmful marketing: Standardized portion sizes; standards for bundled meals ('combo meals'); placement and marketing restrictions on processed foods; and explicit warning labels.

Mar 2, 2016
Periodical

RAND Review: March-April 2016

This issue highlights RAND research on new ways to measure wellbeing in cities; effects of cigarette advertising on teens; supermarkets in so-called "food deserts"; the decline of civics education in American schools; and more.

Feb 29, 2016
Essay

The Surprising Ways That a Supermarket Changed a Food Desert

The arrival of a new grocery store in a “food desert” neighborhood delivered some obvious health benefits. But the benefits had nothing to do with whether residents shopped there.

Feb 24, 2016
Commentary

It's Hard to Eat Less When There Is Too Much on Your Plate

A recent review of 72 studies on portion sizes confirmed that when served more than they need, people eat more than they should. And there is clear evidence that portion sizes are dramatically larger than those served in the 1980s.

Feb 22, 2016
Journal Article

Gender Differences in Cognition Among Older Adults in China

In this paper, we model gender differences in cognitive ability in China using a new sample of middle-aged and older Chinese respondents.

Feb 17, 2016
Journal Article

Effectiveness of an mHealth Intervention to Improve the Cardiometabolic Profile of People with Prehypertension in Low-Resource Urban Settings in Latin America: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Mobile phone-based health interventions (mHealth) have been shown to help promote weight loss and increase physical activity and are an attractive approach for health-care systems with limited resources.

Jan 18, 2016
Journal Article

A Mixed-Method Application of the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool to Evaluate the Sustainability of 4 Pediatric Asthma Care Coordination Programs

As part of a cross-site evaluation of the implementation of an evidence-based intervention for pediatric asthma care coordination into low-income communities, we sought to understand the factors that influenced the programs' expected sustainability of the programs after external funding ended.

Dec 30, 2015
Journal Article

Perceived Stress, Unhealthy Eating Behaviors, and Severe Obesity in Low-Income Women

This study examines stress, eating behaviors, and obesity among low-income women.

Dec 28, 2015
Journal Article

A Pre-Post Pilot Study of Peer Nutritional Counseling and Food Insecurity and Nutritional Outcomes Among Antiretroviral Therapy Patients in Honduras

This study examines nutrition and food insecurity among antiretroviral therapy patients in Honduras.

Nov 20, 2015
Journal Article

Lunchtime School Water Availability and Water Consumption Among California Adolescents

A total of 2,665 Californian adolescents aged 12-17 years were interviewed regarding their water consumption and availability of free water during lunchtime at their school.

Nov 19, 2015
Journal Article

Neighborhood Food Environment, Diet, and Obesity Among Los Angeles County Adults, 2011

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Nov 19, 2015
Research Brief

Putting the Brakes on the Obesity Epidemic

The obesity epidemic is arguably one of the nation's most serious health threats. RAND research suggests the causes of the U.S. obesity epidemic are multidimensional and interconnected, requiring more than a one-dimensional solution.

Nov 11, 2015

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