Showing papers by "Deborah R. Young published in 2015"
TL;DR: Youth with chronic health conditions had lower educational attainment, and students with cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy who had a high number of absences, had repeated a grade, orHad a high-depressive symptoms score were particularly impacted.
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TL;DR: Key findings from the PAG Midcourse Report are summarized and actions that public health professionals can take to ensure that all youths regularly engage in health-enhancing physical activity are outlined.
Abstract: Despite the well-known benefits of youths engaging in 60 or more minutes of daily physical activity, physical inactivity remains a significant public health concern. The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG) provides recommendations on the amount of physical activity needed for overall health; the PAG Midcourse Report (2013) describes effective strategies to help youths meet these recommendations.Public health professionals can be dynamic change agents where youths live, learn, and play by changing environments and policies to empower youths to develop regular physical activity habits to maintain throughout life.We have summarized key findings from the PAG Midcourse Report and outlined actions that public health professionals can take to ensure that all youths regularly engage in health-enhancing physical activity.
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TL;DR: Secular trends from this large population-based cohort suggest that overweight and obesity in boys and girls are declining across age and racial/ethnic groups, however, the declines are less pronounced in adolescents compared with children, in girls, and in some minority groups.
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TL;DR: Asian immigrants who were less accULTurated had larger BMI increases as they became more acculturated but had not achieved overweight status, and healthy weight interventions among Asians immigrants may be most effective when targeting weight maintenance early in the process of acculturation.
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TL;DR: Results suggest that expanding screening for hypertension to nonprimary care settings may improve the detection of hypertension.
Abstract: Visits with nonprimary care providers such as optometrists may be missed opportunities for the detection of high blood pressure (BP). For this study, normotensive adults with at least 12 months of health plan membership on January 1, 2009 (n=1,075,522) were followed-up for high BP through March 14, 2011. Of 111,996 patients with a BP measurement ≥140/90 mm Hg, 82.7% were measured during primary care visits and 17.3% during nonprimary care visits. Individuals with a BP ≥140/90 mm Hg measured during nonprimary care visits were older and more likely to be male and non-Hispanic white. The proportion of patients with follow-up and false-positives were comparable between primary and nonprimary care. The main nonprimary care specialty to identify a first BP ≥140/90 mm Hg was ophthalmology/optometry with 24.5% of all patients. Results suggest that expanding screening for hypertension to nonprimary care settings may improve the detection of hypertension.
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TL;DR: This study is the first to support the hypothesis that living in the US and younger age at immigration results in larger BMI increases in Asian men.
Abstract: Background: Cross-sectional studies indicate that adaptation to Western norms, especially at a younger age, might explain the higher average BMI among Asians living in the US compared to Asians living in Asia. However, migrants differ from non-migrants in sociocultural factors that are difficult to measure and, thus, longitudinal studies on the same individuals prior to and after immigration are needed. Objective: To determine differences in changes in BMI across age by residence (US or Asia) and age at immigration using longitudinal data on BMI prior to and after immigration. Methods: The California Men's Health Study includes 1,549 foreign-born Asian men who were aged 44-71 at baseline in 2002-03. BMI at ages 30, 40, 50 and 60 was calculated using self-reported weight history and current height. Residence at each age decade and age at immigration were determined. Data were analyzed using generalized estimating equations. Results: Ten-year BMI increases were smaller among Asians who lived in Asia prior to migrating to the US compared to those who already lived in the US. This effect was most evident between ages 30-40 when Asians in Asia had a 0.69kg/m2 (95% CI:-1.08,-0.30) smaller increase in BMI. Immigrants who moved to the US before age 40 experienced greater increases in BMI than immigrants who moved to the US at an older age. Conclusion: This study is the first to support the hypothesis that living in the US and younger age at immigration results in larger BMI increases in Asian men.
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