Search Results - "Ball, G. D. C."

Variations in the prevalence and predictors of prevalent metabolically healthy obesity in adolescents by Heinzle, S., Ball, G. D.C., Kuk, J. L.

“…Summary Background Obesity is a heterogeneous condition, which includes a subset of individuals that can be classified as having metabolically healthy obesity…”
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End-user perspectives to inform policy and program decisions: a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of lifestyle treatment recommendations by adolescents with obesity by Kebbe, M, Perez, A, Buchholz, A, McHugh, T-L F, Scott, S D, Richard, C, Dyson, M P, Ball, G D C

“…Lifestyle modifications represent the first line of treatment in obesity management; however, many adolescents with obesity do not meet lifestyle…”
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Defining metabolically healthy obesity in children: a scoping review by Damanhoury, S., Newton, A. S., Rashid, M., Hartling, L., Byrne, J. L. S., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Summary We conducted a scoping review to identify definitions of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), describe gaps in the literature, and establish a…”
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Vigorous physical activity and longitudinal associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in youth by Carson, V, Rinaldi, R L, Torrance, B, Maximova, K, Ball, G D C, Majumdar, S R, Plotnikoff, R C, Veugelers, P, Boulé, N G, Wozny, P, McCargar, L, Downs, S, Daymont, C, Lewanczuk, R, McGavock, J

“…Objective: To examine the longitudinal associations between different physical activity (PA) intensities and cardiometabolic risk factors among a sample of…”
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Feasibility, user experiences, and preliminary effect of Conversation Cards for Adolescents© on collaborative goal-setting and behavior change: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Kebbe, M, Farmer, A, Dyson, M P, Scott, S D, McHugh, T L F, Lappa, S, Rajani, H, Ladha, T, Islam, B, Jacoby, L, Nasir, F, Talwar, K, Wincott, J L, Zhang, M, Ball, G D C

“…Adolescents and providers can benefit from practical tools targeting lifestyle modification for obesity prevention and management. We created (CCAs), a…”
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Weight bias reduction in health professionals: a systematic review by Alberga, A. S., Pickering, B. J., Alix Hayden, K., Ball, G. D. C., Edwards, A., Jelinski, S., Nutter, S., Oddie, S., Sharma, A. M., Russell-Mayhew, S.

“…Summary Innovative and coordinated strategies to address weight bias among health professionals are urgently needed. We conducted a systematic literature…”
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Why do families enrol in paediatric weight management? A parental perspective of reasons and facilitators by Perez, A. J., Avis, J. L. S., Holt, N. L., Gokiert, R., Chanoine, J.-P., Legault, L., Morrison, K. M., Sharma, A. M., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Background Few children with obesity who are referred for weight management end up enroled in treatment. Factors enabling enrolment are poorly understood. Our…”
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Communicating with children and families about obesity and weight‐related topics: a scoping review of best practices by McPherson, A. C., Hamilton, J., Kingsnorth, S., Knibbe, T. J., Peters, M., Swift, J. A., Krog, K., Chen, L., Steinberg, A., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Summary Background Healthcare professionals have called for direction on how best to communicate about weight‐related topics with children and families…”
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Barriers to and enablers of healthy lifestyle behaviours in adolescents with obesity: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation by Kebbe, M., Damanhoury, S., Browne, N., Dyson, M. P., McHugh, T.‐L. F., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Summary Healthy lifestyle behaviours are key to successful weight management, but have proven to be challenging to attain for adolescents with obesity. The…”
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Preventing and managing paediatric obesity: a special edition on randomized controlled trials by Ball, G. D. C., Kebbe, M.

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“Fat is really a four‐letter word”: Exploring weight‐related communication best practices in children with and without disabilities and their caregivers by McPherson, A. C., Knibbe, T. J., Oake, M., Swift, J. A., Browne, N., Ball, G. D. C., Hamilton, J.

“…Background Health care professionals play a critical role in preventing and managing childhood obesity, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recently…”
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Paradoxically speaking about engagement in pediatric weight management by Perez, A. J., Ball, G. D. C.

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Health care providers' weight management practices for adolescent obesity and alignment with clinical practice guidelines: a multi-centre, qualitative study by Kebbe, M, Perez, A, Buchholz, A, Scott, S D, McHugh, T-L F, Dyson, M P, Ball, G D C

“…Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) include evidence-based recommendations for managing obesity in adolescents. However, information on how health care…”
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Realistic first steps for effectively managing obesity in Canada by Freedhoff, Y., Sharma, A. M., Kirk, S. F. L., Vallis, M., Poirier, P., Ball, G. D. C., Cash, S. B., Christou, N.

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A brief eHealth tool delivered in primary care to help parents prevent childhood obesity: a randomized controlled trial by Byrne, J. L. S., Cameron Wild, T., Maximova, K., Browne, N. E., Holt, N. L., Cave, A. J., Martz, P., Ellendt, C., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Summary Objectives To determine the feasibility and preliminary impact of an electronic health (eHealth) screening, brief intervention and referral to…”
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Family-health professional relations in pediatric weight management: an integrative review by Farnesi, B.-C., Ball, G. D. C., Newton, A. S.

“…Summary In this integrative review, we examined contemporary literature in pediatric weight management to identify characteristics that contribute to the…”
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Ready, set, go! Motivation and lifestyle habits in parents of children referred for obesity management by Maximova, K., Ambler, K. A., Rudko, J. N., Chui, N., Ball, G. D. C.

“…Summary Background Parents play a fundamental role in helping children with obesity to make and maintain healthy lifestyle changes. Objective This study aimed…”
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Pediatric obesity and insulin resistance: Chronic Disease Risk and Implications for Treatment and Prevention Beyond Body Weight Modification by Cruz, M.L, Shaibi, G.Q, Weigensberg, M.J, Spruijt-Metz, D, Ball, G.D.C, Goran, M.I

“…The study of childhood obesity has continued to grow exponentially in the past decade. This has been driven in part by the increasing prevalence of this…”
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Are we overlooking the qualitative ‘look’ of obesity? by Perez, A, Ball, G D C

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Elevated remnant lipoproteins may increase subclinical CVD risk in pre-pubertal children with obesity: a case-control study by Wang, Y., Pendlebury, C., Dodd, M. M. U., Maximova, K., Vine, D. F., Jetha, M. M, Ball, G. D. C., Proctor, S. D.

“…Summary What is already known about this subject Childhood obesity plays a fundamental role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2…”
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