Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography

Michelle Williams

HCS/465

May 14, 2012

Professor Margaret Young

Childhood Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography

Kornides, M.L., Kitsantas, P., &Villarruel, A. (2011).Factors associated with obesity in Latino children. Hispanic Health Care International, 9(3).

Several factors determine the high prevalence of obesity among Latino children. The intention of this article was to reassess the latest literature on the factors related to overweight and obesity in Latino children furnish nursing implications, and propose direction for future research. Twenty four studies were chosen. The findings of this review indicated that factors affiliated with diet, activity, the environment, genetics and acculturation influence overweight and obesity in Latino children. Parental body mass index (BMI) was systematically found to be one of the effective predictors of pediatric weight. There was inconsistent information for the association of environmental factors, activity and diet with obesity. There was also undetermined evidence for the kinship between BMI and acculturation in Latino children. The intensity of the studies critiqued included analyses by large Latino sample sizes inclusion of both English Spanish speakers and Latino subgroup. Restrictions included lack of data on potential confounding factors and inadequate sample sizes in some studies, such as immigration and acculturation status. Upcoming research is needed to find but how factors connected with obesity, can be utilized in prevention efforts targeting Latino children (Kornides, Kitsantas, & Villarruel, 2011).

Karnik, S., & Kanekar, A. (2012, January). Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3(1).

Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis internationally and nationally. The ratio of childhood obesity has multiplied over the last few years. It is caused by imbalance between...