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3059.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
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| Among preventable causes of death, poor diet and physical inactivity account for an estimated 300,000 deaths per year. For proper growth and development and to prevent health problems such as obesity and anemia, young people should begin healthy eating early in life. Strength and endurance can be improved in adolescence by regular physical activity in childhood and adolescence. Positive experiences with physical activity in early childhood helps to lay the foundation for being physically active throughout life. The presentations in this session will examine nutrition, obesity, physical activity and the factors related to these issues. Specifically, we will explore: caffeine intake and sleep difficulties, subgroup differences and predictors of obesity, usefulness of pedometer for assessing physical activity, neighborhood characteristics and its association with childhood overweight and asthma, and dietary intake and physical activity as determinants of overweight. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to identify adolescent nutritional intake patterns and the implications for their health. 2. Participants will be able to understand the prevalence of obesity among various subgroups of adolescents living in urban and suburban environments and the implications for their health. 3. Participants will be able to identify barriers and facilitators to enhancing nutrition and physical activity among adolescents and the implications for health promotion programs and interventions. | |||
| Joyce Eatmon, MPA Lynn Roberts, PhD | |||
| Joyce Eatmon, MPA | |||
| Association between high caffeine intake and sleep difficulties: Results from a U.S. national sample of adolescents Rebecca L. Tingle, MPA, Mary D Overpeck, DrPH, Darmendra Ramcharran, MPH, Rebecca Ledsky, MBA | |||
| Obesity among adolescents: What do we know and where do we go? Lynne Kotranski, PhD, Francine Axler, MPH, Diana Levengood, BA | |||
| A pedometer-based nutrition and physical activity program for middle school students Elaine Borawski, PhD, Jane A. Brown, PhD, Erika S. Trapl, MS, Melissa Zullo, MS | |||
| Disparities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and childhood asthma: Does neighborhood matter? Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD, Colleen M. Caron, PhD, Stephen Meersman, PhD, John Fulton, PHD, Hanna Kim, PhD | |||
| Environmental influences on physical activity among urban African-American adolescents and their caregivers: Findings from a community-based participatory research project Siobhan C. Maty, PhD, MPH, Lucille Webb, MEd, Wyokemia N. Joyner, MHSA (c), Megan P. Boose, MPH (c), Megan E. Trautman, MPH (c), Kacey Hanson, MPH, Janice M. Dodds, EdD, RD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Food and Nutrition; Health Administration; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||