NOO Knowledge Update: 4th 10th February 2013

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Research Evidence
UK & Ireland studies
Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian
Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts. Vimaleswaran KS, Berry DJ, Lu C, Tikkanen E,
et al PLoS Med. 2013 Feb;10(2):e1001383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383
Early Life Nutritional Programming of Obesity: Mother-Child Cohort Studies. Symonds ME,
Mendez MA, Meltzer HM, Koletzko B, Godfrey K, Forsyth S, van der Beek EM. Ann Nutr
Metab. 2013 Feb 5;62(2):137-145
Measuring the food and built environments in urban centres: Reliability and validity of the
EURO-PREVOB Community Questionnaire. Pomerleau J, Knai C, Foster C, et al Public
Health. 2013 Jan 31. doi:pii: S0033-3506(12)00474-X. 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.025
Evaluating the evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing. Townsend
N, Rutter H, Foster C. Pediatr Obes. 2012 Oct;7(5):343-6. doi: 10.1111/j.20476310.2012.00070.x
'The worst of the Bangladeshi and the worst of the British': exploring eating patterns and
practices among British Bangladeshi adolescents in east London. Lofink HE. Ethn Health.
2012;17(4):385-401. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2011.645154
International studies
Promoting obesity prevention together with environmental sustainability. Skouteris H, Cox R,
Huang T, Rutherford L, Edwards S, Cutter-Mackenzie A. Health Promot Int. 2013 Feb 7
Association between body mass index and sleep duration assessed by objective methods in a
representative sample of the adult population. Moraes W, Poyares D, Zalcman I, de Mello
MT, Bittencourt LR, Santos-Silva R, Tufik S. Sleep Med. 2013 Feb 5. doi:pii: S13899457(12)00434-0. 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.11.010
Outcome of deliveries in healthy but obese women: obesity and delivery outcome. KaplanSturk R, Akerud H, Volgsten H, Hellstrm-Westas L, Wiberg-Itzel E. BMC Res Notes. 2013
Feb 6;6(1):50 FREE ARTICLE
What Does Public Health Ethics Tell (Or Not Tell) Us About Intervening in NonCommunicable Diseases? Upshur R. J Bioeth Inq. 2013 Feb 6
Body Weight and ADHD: Examining the Role of Self-Regulation. Choudhry Z, Sengupta SM,
Grizenko N, Harvey WJ, Fortier M, Schmitz N, Joober R. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e55351. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0055351 FREE ARTICLE
Effects of a combined intervention for treating severely obese prepubertal children. Nemet D,
Ben-Haim I, Pantanowits M, Eliakim A. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2013;26(1-2):91-6. doi:
10.1515/jpem-2012-0225
Opposing socioeconomic gradients in overweight and obese adults. Markwick A, Vaughan L,
Ansari Z. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2013 Feb;37(1):32-8. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12007
The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie
posting in chain restaurants. Bleich SN, Pollack KM. BMC Public Health. 2010 Mar 9;10:121.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-121 FREE ARTICLE
Levelling off of prevalence of obesity in the adult population of Sweden between 2000/01 and
2004/05. Sundquist J, Johansson SE, Sundquist K. BMC Public Health. 2010 Mar 9;10:119.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-119 FREE ARTICLE
Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body
composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Werkman A,
Hulshof PJ, Stafleu A, Kremers SP, Kok FJ, Schouten EG, Schuit AJ. BMC Public Health.
2010 Mar 5;10:110. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-110 FREE ARTICLE

Prevalence of Child and Youth Obesity in Spain in 2012. Snchez-Cruz JJ, Jimnez-Molen
JJ, Fernndez-Quesada F, Snchez MJ. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2013 Jan 31. doi:pii: S03008932(12)00640-9. 10.1016/j.recesp.2012.10.016 FREE ARTICLE
Myths, presumptions, and facts about obesity. Casazza K, Fontaine KR, Astrup A, et al N
Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 31;368(5):446-54. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1208051
Obesity disparities among elementary-aged children: data from school-based BMI
surveillance. Bailey-Davis L, Horst M, Hillemeier MM, Lauter A. Pediatrics. 2012
Dec;130(6):1102-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0192
Clinical tracking of severely obese children: a new growth chart. Gulati AK, Kaplan DW,
Daniels SR. Pediatrics. 2012 Dec;130(6):1136-40. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0596
Infertility patients' knowledge of the effects of obesity on reproductive health outcomes.
Cardozo ER, Neff LM, Brocks ME, Ekpo GE, Dune TJ, Barnes RB, Marsh EE. Am J Obstet
Gynecol. 2012 Dec;207(6):509.e1-509.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.08.020
Weight status and gross motor skill in kindergarten children. Roberts D, Veneri D, Decker R,
Gannotti M. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2012 Winter;24(4):353-60. doi:
10.1097/PEP.0b013e3182680f19
Association of educational, occupational and socioeconomic status with cardiovascular risk
factors in Asian Indians: a cross-sectional study. Gupta R, Deedwania PC, Sharma K, Gupta
A, Guptha S, Achari V, Asirvatham AJ, Bhansali A, Gupta B, Gupta S, Jali MV, Mahanta TG,
Maheshwari A, Saboo B, Singh J, Gupta R. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e44098. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0044098 FREE ARTICLE
The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia. Lacy K,
Kremer P, de Silva-Sanigorski A, Allender S, Leslie E, Jones L, Fornaro S, Swinburn B.
Pediatr Obes. 2012 Oct;7(5):e62-7. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00076.x
Guidelines and interventions for obesity during pregnancy. Buschur E, Kim C. Int J Gynaecol
Obstet. 2012 Oct;119(1):6-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.04.025
Dietary intake in a randomized-controlled pilot of NOURISH: a parent intervention for
overweight children. Bean MK, Wilson DB, Thornton LM, Kelly N, Mazzeo SE. Prev Med.
2012 Sep;55(3):224-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.016
Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviours according to ethnic
background among adolescents in seven countries in Europe: the ENERGY-project. Brug J,
van Stralen MM, Chinapaw MJ, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Lien N, Bere E, Singh AS, Maes L,
Moreno L, Jan N, Kovacs E, Lobstein T, Manios Y, Te Velde SJ. Pediatr Obes. 2012
Oct;7(5):399-411. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00067.x
Trends in general and abdominal obesity among Chinese children and adolescents 19932009. Liang YJ, Xi B, Song AQ, Liu JX, Mi J. Pediatr Obes. 2012 Oct;7(5):355-64. doi:
10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00066.x
Parent-focused change to prevent obesity in preschoolers: results from the KAN-DO study.
stbye T, Krause KM, Stroo M, Lovelady CA, Evenson KR, Peterson BL, Bastian LA, Swamy
GK, West DG, Brouwer RJ, Zucker NL. Prev Med. 2012 Sep;55(3):188-95. doi:
10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.005
Boys' and girls' weight status and math performance from kindergarten entry through fifth
grade: a mediated analysis. Gable S, Krull JL, Chang Y. Child Dev. 2012 Sep-Oct;83(5):182239. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01803.x
The mediating effects of dietary habits on the relationship between television viewing and
body mass index among youth. Carson V, Janssen I. Pediatr Obes. 2012 Oct;7(5):391-8. doi:
10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00049.x
Body mass index trajectories from adolescence to midlife: differential effects of parental and
respondent education by race/ethnicity and gender. Walsemann KM, Ailshire JA, Bell BA,
Frongillo EA. Ethn Health. 2012;17(4):337-62. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2011.635374
Self-weighing frequency is associated with weight gain prevention over 2 years among
working adults. VanWormer JJ, Linde JA, Harnack LJ, Stovitz SD, Jeffery RW. Int J Behav
Med. 2012 Sep;19(3):351-8. doi: 10.1007/s12529-011-9178-1

Systematic Reviews
Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass
index categories. A systematic review and meta-analysis. [No authors listed] Br Dent J. 2013
Feb 8;214(3):113. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.131
Obesity and dental caries in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [No authors
listed] Br Dent J. 2013 Feb 8;214(3):113. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.130
Health Information Technology in Screening and Treatment of Child Obesity: A Systematic
Review. Smith AJ, Skow A, Bodurtha J, Kinra S. Pediatrics. 2013 Feb 4
Systematic Review: Are Overweight and Obese Individuals Impaired on Behavioural Tasks of
Executive Functioning? Fitzpatrick S, Gilbert S, Serpell L. Neuropsychol Rev. 2013 Feb 5
The relationship between physical activity, physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a
systematic review of studies published in or after 2000. Rauner A, Mess F, Woll A. BMC
Pediatr. 2013 Feb 1;13(1):19 FREE ARTICLE
Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in child obesity: systematic review with meta-analysis.
Ho M, Garnett SP, Baur L, Burrows T, Stewart L, Neve M, Collins C. Pediatrics. 2012
Dec;130(6):e1647-71. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1176
A systematic review of the impact of including both waist and hip circumference in risk models
for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mortality. Cameron AJ, Magliano DJ, Sderberg S.
Obes Rev. 2013 Jan;14(1):86-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01051.x
Family-focused physical activity, diet and obesity interventions in African-American girls: a
systematic review. Barr-Anderson DJ, Adams-Wynn AW, DiSantis KI, Kumanyika S. Obes
Rev. 2013 Jan;14(1):29-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01043.x
The combined effects of healthy lifestyle behaviors on all cause mortality: a systematic review
and meta-analysis. Loef M, Walach H. Prev Med. 2012 Sep;55(3):163-70. doi:
10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.017

In the News
BBC News:
13,000 cancer deaths 'can be prevented' (4/2/13)
Study finds obesity can 'lead to lack of vitamin D' (6/2/13)
Doctors 'miss' underweight children, UCL study suggests (8/2/13)
NHS choices: behind the headlines:
Obesity may cause low vitamin D levels (7/2/13)

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