Prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight/obesity among primary school children in urban Nepal
Karki A, Shrestha A, Subedi N. Prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight/obesity among primary school children in urban Nepal. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 1055. PMID: 31387571, PMCID: PMC6685156, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7406-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood overweight/obesityOverweight/obesityOverweight/obeseChildren of mothersTwo-stage cluster random samplingMale childrenMultivariate logistic regression analysisPrimary school childrenMajor public health concernMethodsA cross-sectional surveyLogistic regression analysisAdverse health consequencesUrban primary school childrenEnergy-dense foodsPublic health concernStructured self-administered questionnaireCross-sectional surveyJunk food consumptionChi-square testSchool childrenSPSS version 21Self-administered questionnaireChildhood overweightParents of childrenAssociated FactorsNepal Pioneer Worksite Intervention Study to lower cardio-metabolic risk factors: design and protocol
Shrestha A, Tamrakar D, Karmacharya BM, Shrestha A, Shrestha R, Bhatta RD, Pyakurel P, Khudyakov P, Malik V, Mattei J, Spiegelman D. Nepal Pioneer Worksite Intervention Study to lower cardio-metabolic risk factors: design and protocol. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019, 19: 48. PMID: 30819098, PMCID: PMC6393979, DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1025-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiovascular DiseasesDiet, HealthyExerciseFemaleFood ServicesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMetabolic SyndromeNepalOccupational Health ServicesPatient Education as TopicProtective FactorsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsCardio-metabolic riskWorksite intervention studiesIntervention studiesBlood sugarCardiovascular disease prevention effortsPrevention programsCardio-metabolic risk factorsBehavioral interventionsCardio-metabolic outcomesTrial registrationThe trialElevated blood pressureDiabetes Prevention ProgramCardiovascular disease burdenProportion of participantsDisease prevention effortsHealthy food choicesChi-square testEnvironmental-level changesIndividual behavioral interventionsDhulikhel HospitalBlood pressureDietary interventionPre-post designLifestyle factorsDisease burden