Eating Disorders: Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Validation of the Activities and Participation Component Through the Patient’s Perspective.

Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: validation of the Activities and Participation component through the patient’s perspective.

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Disabil Rehabil. 2013 Jan 24;
Marques A, Jácome C, Gabriel R, Figueiredo D

Abstract Purpose: This study aimed to validate the Activities and Participation component of the Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (OPD) from the patient’s perspective. Methods: A cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted with a convenience sample of outpatients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Individual interviews were performed and analysed according to the meaning condensation procedure. Results: Fifty-one participants (70.6% male) with a mean age of 69.5?±?10.8 years old were included. Twenty-one of the 24 categories contained in the Activities and Participation component of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for OPD were identified by the participants. Additionally, seven second-level categories that are not covered by the Core Set were reported: complex interpersonal interactions, informal social relationships, family relationships, conversation, maintaining a body position, eating and preparing meals. Conclusions: The activities and participation component of the ICF Core Set for OPD was largely supported by the patient’s perspective. The categories included in the ICF Core Set that were not confirmed by the participants and the additional categories that were raised need to be further investigated in order to develop an instrument according to the patient’s perspective. This will promote a more patient-centred assessments and rehabilitation interventions. Implications for Rehabilitation The Activities and Participation component of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for OPD is largely supported by the perspective of patients with COPD and therefore could be used in the assessment of patients’ individual and social life. The information collected through the Activities and Participation component of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for OPD could be used to plan and assess rehabilitation interventions for patients with COPD.
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CHILE: An Evidence-Based Preschool Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Head Start.

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J Sch Health. 2013 Mar; 83(3): 223-9
Davis SM, Sanders SG, Fitzgerald CA, Keane PC, Canaca GF, Volker-Rector R

Obesity is a major concern among American Indians and Hispanics. The Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) is an evidence-based intervention to prevent obesity in children enrolled in 16 Head Start (HS) Centers in rural communities. The design and implementation of CHILE are described.CHILE uses a socioecological approach to improve dietary intake and increase physical activity. The intervention includes: a classroom curriculum; teacher and food service training; family engagement; grocery store participation; and health care provider support.Lessons learned from CHILE include the need to consider availability of recommended foods; the necessity of multiple training sessions for teachers and food service; the need to tailor the family events to local needs; consideration of the profit needs of grocery stores; and sensitivity to the time constraints of health care providers.HS can play an important role in preventing obesity in children. CHILE is an example of a feasible intervention that addresses nutrition and physical activity for preschool children that can be incorporated into HS curricula and aligns with HS national performance standards.
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Adapted Intervention Mapping: A Strategic Planning Process for Increasing Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Opportunities in Schools via Environment and Policy Change.

Filed under: Eating Disorders

J Sch Health. 2013 Mar; 83(3): 194-205
Belansky ES, Cutforth N, Chavez R, Crane LA, Waters E, Marshall JA

School environment and policy changes have increased healthy eating and physical activity; however, there has been modest success in translating research findings to practice. The School Environment Project tested whether an adapted version of Intervention Mapping (AIM) resulted in school change.Using a pair randomized design, 10 rural elementary schools were assigned to AIM or the School Health Index (SHI). Baseline measures were collected fall 2005, AIM was conducted 2005-2006, and follow-up measures were collected fall 2006 and 2007. Outcome measures included number and type of effective environment and policy changes implemented; process measures included the extent to which 11 implementation steps were used.AIM schools made an average of 4.4 effective changes per school with 90% still in place a year later. SHI schools made an average of 0.6 effective changes with 66% in place a year later. Implementation steps distinguishing AIM from SHI included use of external, trained facilitators; principal involvement; explicitly stating the student behavior goals; identifying effective environment and policy changes; prioritizing potential changes based on importance and feasibility; and developing an action plan.The AIM process led to environment and policy changes known to increase healthy eating and physical activity.
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Eating styles in the morbidly obese: Restraint eating, but not emotional and external eating, predicts dietary behaviour.

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Psychol Health. 2013 Jan 23;
Brogan A, Hevey D

Objectives : The research explored (1) the relationships between self-reported eating style (restraint, emotional and external eating) and dietary intake and (2) emotional eater status as a moderator of food intake when emotional, in a morbidly obese population. Design : A sample of 57 obese participants (BMI: M?=?51.84, SD?=?8.66) completed a five-day food diary together with a reflective diary, which assessed eating style and positive and negative affect daily. Main outcome measures : A dietician-scored food pyramid analysis of intake. Results : Restraint eating was the only predictor (negative) of overall food intake and the variable most strongly associated with the consumption of top-shelf foods. Emotional and external eating were unrelated to food intake. Emotional eater status did not moderate food intake in response to positive and negative mood states. Conclusion : The findings indicated largely analogous relationships between eating style and dietary intake in this obese sample compared with previous results from healthy populations. The lack of predictive validity for emotional eating scales (when emotional) raises questions over people’s ability to adequately assess their eating style and consequently, the overall validity of emotional eater scales.
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Eating disorders as “brain-based mental illnesses”: An antidote to stigma?

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J Ment Health. 2013 Feb; 22(1): 1-3
Mond JM

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