Institution:
The model further outlines the importance of preventative methods, which can be made on an institutional level, particularly targeting educational environments. In Australia alone 95% of a children attend either a full day preschool or long day services in the year before attending primary school. Hence, childcare centres must be a key setting to focus upon strategies to improve the physical activity levels and nutritional status of children such as enforcing policy and guidelines. The “movement program”, a quasi-experimental (level III) study, targeted preschools in Australia to limit screen time, enhance activity and integrate guidelines around the amount of physical activity available to the students. The intervention group demonstrated a significantly greater increase (p = <0.01) in written physical activity policy, content placing limits on screen activity and training staff. Although this may present to be a weaker study design the adoption of policies within preschool proves to be critical in targeting rates of childhood obesity as they address a range of preventative approaches to a multitude of individuals. However, if the design aimed to address a larger population (i.e. primary school aged and preschool) a more intensive and positive change may be viable. The benefits on BMI that can be resulted in from adhering to the governments’ guidelines by integrating childhood obesity prevention programs into schools which establish both interpersonal connections (i.e. family support) and nutrition intervention schemes is …show more content…
According to a randomised controlled trial (level II) medications that are from thyroid extract can result in potentially life threatening complications (i.e. heart attacks, blood clots). The subjects reported that the treatment is only reported if taken, and thus a life-time drug is a life long commitment from a young age. This
The model further outlines the importance of preventative methods, which can be made on an institutional level, particularly targeting educational environments. In Australia alone 95% of a children attend either a full day preschool or long day services in the year before attending primary school. Hence, childcare centres must be a key setting to focus upon strategies to improve the physical activity levels and nutritional status of children such as enforcing policy and guidelines. The “movement program”, a quasi-experimental (level III) study, targeted preschools in Australia to limit screen time, enhance activity and integrate guidelines around the amount of physical activity available to the students. The intervention group demonstrated a significantly greater increase (p = <0.01) in written physical activity policy, content placing limits on screen activity and training staff. Although this may present to be a weaker study design the adoption of policies within preschool proves to be critical in targeting rates of childhood obesity as they address a range of preventative approaches to a multitude of individuals. However, if the design aimed to address a larger population (i.e. primary school aged and preschool) a more intensive and positive change may be viable. The benefits on BMI that can be resulted in from adhering to the governments’ guidelines by integrating childhood obesity prevention programs into schools which establish both interpersonal connections (i.e. family support) and nutrition intervention schemes is …show more content…
According to a randomised controlled trial (level II) medications that are from thyroid extract can result in potentially life threatening complications (i.e. heart attacks, blood clots). The subjects reported that the treatment is only reported if taken, and thus a life-time drug is a life long commitment from a young age. This