by Irene Lap Ting Cheung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-123). / Abstract and questionnaire also in Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.x / List of Tables --- p.xi / List of Abbreviations --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter One: --- Background / Chapter 1.1 --- Health-related Transitions in Hong Kong and their Implications --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Socioeconomic Transition --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Epidemiological Transition --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Nutrition Transition --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2 --- Hong Kong Children's Growth and Nutritional Studies --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Secular Changes in Growth --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Observation of Hypercholesterolemia --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Health Implications of Local Studies --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4 --- Childhood Obesity --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Definition --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Prevalence and Trends --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Tracking --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4.4 --- Health Implications and Consequences --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4.5 --- Causes --- p.23 / Chapter 1.4.6 --- Treatment and Prevention --- p.34 / Chapter 1.5 --- Study Purpose and Objectives --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Survey Design / Chapter 2.1 --- Sample Selection --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2 --- Survey Methods --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Anthropometric Measurements --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Questionnaire --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3 --- Data Analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Anthropometric Measurements --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Questionnaire --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Statistical Data --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4 --- Ethics --- p.49 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary of Sample and Methods Design --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Results / Chapter 3.1 --- Sample and Response Rate --- p.51 / Chapter 3.2 --- Characteristics of the Sample --- p.52 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Anthropometric Measurements and Nutritional Status --- p.52 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Dietary Intake and Habits --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- "Physical Activities, Energy Consumption, and Energy Balance" --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Parental Care --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3 --- Associations between Study Variables and Children's Nutritional Status --- p.87 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Discusssion --- p.89 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Conclusions and Recommendations --- p.105 / References --- p.107 / Appendices / Chapter 1 --- Research team members --- p.124 / Chapter 2a --- Questionnaire (English version) --- p.125 / Chapter 2b --- Questionnaire (Chinese version) --- p.136 / Chapter 3a --- Introductory letter (English version) --- p.145 / Chapter 3b --- Introductory letter (Chinese version) --- p.148 / Chapter 4a --- Consent form (English version) --- p.151 / Chapter 4b --- Consent form (Chinese version) --- p.152 / Chapter 5 --- Standard household measures used for the teaching of quantifying food amounts eaten and during the interview of children --- p.153 / Chapter 6 --- Individual food portions shown to children during the interview to help quantify food amounts eaten --- p.154 / Chapter 7 --- Parents' health behaviours --- p.157 / Chapter 8a --- "Mean (SD) intakes of energy, nutrients, and other dietary components of males by age" --- p.158 / Chapter 8b --- "Mean (SD) intakes of energy, nutrients, and other dietary components of females by age" --- p.159 / Chapter 9 --- "Population nutrient goals as adapted from WHO Study Group on Diet, Nutrition, and Prevention of Noncommunicable Dieseases，1990" --- p.160 / Chapter 10 --- Significant gender differences in mean±SD energy contributions (%) from macronutrients by meal-type in different age categories --- p.160 / Chapter 11 --- Association between breakfast consumption pattern of males and age --- p.161 / Chapter 12 --- Association between frequency of snacking while viewing television and gender --- p.159 / Chapter 13 --- Association between frequency of food purchase requests and gender --- p.162 / Chapter 14 --- Associations of parents' education (ED) with household dietary and health behaviours --- p.163
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322235 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Contributors | Cheung, Irene Lap Ting., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Graduate Board on Food & Nutritional Sciences. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xiii, 163 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use 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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