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Diet and lifestyles among preschool children.

by Lau Fong Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-139). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Abstract (Chinese version) --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.viii / List of Figures --- p.xi / List of Abbreviations --- p.xii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Meanings of the RDAs and Recommendations --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- An overview of dietary changes --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- Hypercholesterolemia related to high fat intake of local children --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4 --- Physical activity habits of children --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5 --- Parental influences on children's dietary practices --- p.23 / Chapter 2.6 --- Different criteria used in defining overweight and obesity --- p.26 / Chapter 2.7 --- Factors cause childhood obesity --- p.30 / Chapter 2.8 --- New international definition of overweight and obesity --- p.33 / Chapter 2.9 --- Implications of available studies --- p.34 / Chapter CHapter 3. --- Methods and Materials --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1 --- Study design --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- Reference population --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- Study population --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- School selection --- p.37 / Chapter 3.5 --- Subjects --- p.38 / Chapter 3.6 --- Types of measurements --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7 --- Pilot study --- p.47 / Chapter 3.8 --- Data Processing --- p.48 / Chapter 3.9 --- Data Analyses --- p.49 / Chapter 3.10 --- Ethics --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Results --- p.55 / Chapter 4.1 --- General descriptive data and responses rates --- p.55 / Chapter 4.2 --- Eating habits and nutrient intakes of the preschool children --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3 --- The relationships between gender and general eating habits --- p.77 / Chapter 4.4 --- Physical activity practices of the preschool children --- p.80 / Chapter 4.5 --- Relationships between gender and physical activity practices --- p.87 / Chapter 4.6 --- Parental influences on food selection practices and the preschool children's lifestyles --- p.87 / Chapter 4.7 --- Height and weight changes among the local 5-year-old children --- p.96 / Chapter 4.8 --- Prevalence of overweight and obesity --- p.98 / Chapter 4.9 --- Factors related to BMI (Body Mass Index) --- p.99 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Discussion --- p.104 / Chapter 5.1 --- General eating and dietary intake habits --- p.104 / Chapter 5.2 --- Reasons for the similarity of eating habits and dietary intakes as older children and adults --- p.108 / Chapter 5.3 --- Macronutrient energy intake comparisons with other same age counterpartsin Japan and Canada --- p.110 / Chapter 5.4 --- Physical inactivity of the preschool children --- p.110 / Chapter 5.5 --- Lack of gender differences in eating and physical activity practices --- p.112 / Chapter 5.6 --- No relationship between the mothers' education levels and nutritional knowledge --- p.112 / Chapter 5.7 --- Non-scientific food selection methods by the highly educated mothers --- p.113 / Chapter 5.8 --- No relationship between the mothers' education levels and their children's eating practices --- p.114 / Chapter 5.9 --- The highly educated mothers' children seemed to be more active --- p.114 / Chapter 5.10 --- Modern Hong Kong children have similar body height and weight as children of other Chinese and Western group --- p.115 / Chapter 5.11 --- Factors related to children's BMI --- p.117 / Chapter 5.12 --- Limitations of the study --- p.119 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusions and Recommendations --- p.122 / Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusions --- p.123 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations --- p.125 / References --- p.127 / Appendix I (Advertising material) --- p.140 / Appendix II (Consent letter) --- p.142 / Appendix III (Material and results for focus groups) --- p.146 / Appendix IV (Lifestyle questionnaire and 3-day dietary records) --- p.152 / Appendix V (Tables of results) --- p.180

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323633
Date January 2001
ContributorsLau, Fong Ki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Medical Sciences.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xii, 195 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
CoverageHong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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