2024
Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children
Choy C, Johnson W, Naseri T, Filipo V, Arorae M, Tafunaina F, Unasa F, Savusa K, Reupena M, Braun J, Duckham R, Soti-Ulberg C, McGarvey S, Hawley N. Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children. International Journal Of Obesity 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39472691, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01665-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexDietary pattern adherenceHigher body mass indexPhysical activityNetherlands Physical Activity QuestionnaireRisk factorsBody mass index trajectoriesFood frequency questionnaire dataPhysical Activity QuestionnaireHigh physical activityBody mass index gainBehavioral risk factorsHousehold asset scoreLow household assetsCubic spline regressionAged 2 to 4 yearsAged 2Public health solutionsChildhood risk factorsSamoan childrenActivity QuestionnaireObesity preventionBMI trajectoriesObesity riskHealth solutions0264 Sleep Duration Among Samoan Children: A Descriptive Study of Behavioral and Sociodemographic Correlates
von Ash T, Choy C, Dunsiger S, Soti-Ulberg C, Wang D, Reupena M, Duckham R, Naseri T, Hawley N. 0264 Sleep Duration Among Samoan Children: A Descriptive Study of Behavioral and Sociodemographic Correlates. Sleep 2024, 47: a114-a114. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsae067.0264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSleep durationSociodemographic correlatesSleep recommendationsAssociated with obesity riskHigher obesity prevalenceCorrelates of sleep durationChild sleep durationNighttime sleep durationProportion of childrenObesity prevalenceObesity riskPrimary caregiversChild healthDescriptive studySecondary analysisPacific Island nationsChildren's sleepChildrenSleepCaregiversRecommendationsSociodemographicsHealthIsland nationsDurationChild, family and household characteristics associated with physical activity in Samoan children aged 3–8 years: A cross-sectional study
Warmath C, Choy C, McGarvey S, Sherar L, Duckham R, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Reupena M, Wang D, Hawley N. Child, family and household characteristics associated with physical activity in Samoan children aged 3–8 years: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0002886. PMID: 38630845, PMCID: PMC11023467, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNetherlands Physical Activity QuestionnairePhysical activityChildren aged 3Parent-reported physical activityPhysical Activity QuestionnaireObesity prevention strategiesPhysical activity levelsStudy of child growthMultivariable generalized linear regressionAssociated with oddsCross-sectional studyGeneralized linear regressionAged 3Activity QuestionnaireObesity riskHigher oddsMixed-longitudinal studyHousehold-level characteristicsPrevention strategiesActivity levelsBivariate analysisSleep durationChild growthChildren's sleepSamoan children
2017
0995 BRIEF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION ENHANCES CHILDREN’S SLEEP AND IMPROVES WEIGHT STATUS
Hart C, Hawley N, Egleston B, Raynor H, Jelalian E, Carskadon M, Owens J, Wing R. 0995 BRIEF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION ENHANCES CHILDREN’S SLEEP AND IMPROVES WEIGHT STATUS. Sleep 2017, 40: a370-a370. DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrief behavioral interventionWeight statusChildren's sleepBehavioral interventionsSleep periodSleep lengthSignificant group x time effectsGroup x time effectsNational Heart LungBenefits of interventionsHeart LungYear old childrenObesity riskChild BMIProtective effectWrist actigraphyWeight regulationSleep diaryBMISleepRelative efficacyTime pointsGroup differencesInterventionChildren