PMID- 10385274
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990723
LR  - 20191024
VI  - 23 Suppl 4
DP  - 1999 May
TI  - Who should be educated? Education strategies: could children educate their 
      parents?
PG  - S10-2; discussion S12-3
AB  - The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) concluded that the prevention of 
      weight gain is easier, less expensive and more effective than treating obesity 
      after it has fully developed. The objective of prevention programmes is to reduce 
      the exposure of populations to the environmental causes of obesity. Public health 
      prevention is based on education and behavioural changes aiming at promoting 
      physical activity and a less energy dense diet. Effective management of 
      overweight in children proved to reduce the number who carry their weight 
      problems into adulthood. It has been proposed that school could play an important 
      role in encouraging healthy eating habits. School-based prevention strategies 
      consider the child as the target of the education programme. A complementary 
      approach considers that the child could play an active role in the transmission 
      of the message of prevention. It is the hypothesis of a prospective intervention 
      study in northern France, the 'Fleurbaix-Laventie-Ville-Sante' Study, that 
      nutritional education of children aged 6-12y at school may not only improve their 
      nutritional knowledge but also influence the dietary habits of the family. 
      Preliminary results indicate that the education programme resulted in encouraging 
      changes in dietary habits, mainly a decreased intake of lipid-rich foods in the 
      family. The effects on body weight evolution remain to be evaluated. The study is 
      in progress with a 10-year follow-up.
FAU - Basdevant, A
AU  - Basdevant A
AD  - Department of Nutrition, Hotel Dieu, Paris, France.
FAU - Boute, D
AU  - Boute D
FAU - Borys, J M
AU  - Borys JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
JT  - International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the 
      International Association for the Study of Obesity
JID - 9313169
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - *Family
MH  - *Health Education
MH  - *Health Promotion
MH  - Humans
MH  - Obesity/*prevention & control
MH  - *Schools
MH  - *Teaching
RF  - 7
EDAT- 1999/06/29 00:00
MHDA- 1999/06/29 00:01
CRDT- 1999/06/29 00:00
PHST- 1999/06/29 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/06/29 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/06/29 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800914 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999 May;23 Suppl 4:S10-2; discussion S12-3. doi: 
      10.1038/sj.ijo.0800914.