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Amati JB, Brackbill EL. Empowering Families and Providers With a Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Pediatric Obesity. Am J Lifestyle Med 2024; 18:621-631. [PMID: 39309324 PMCID: PMC11412378 DOI: 10.1177/15598276241238682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Pediatric overweight and obesity is a complex chronic medical condition with a multitude of contributing factors. Rates are now nearly double what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic and if the current trajectory holds it is anticipated that by 2050 one in every two US children will experience obesity before the age of thirty-five. Pediatric obesity guidelines emphasize referral to intensive health behavior and lifestyle therapy programs, but these are difficult to access. Front line providers caring for children can use a lifestyle medicine approach within the medical home to make lifestyle changes easier. Lifestyle Medicine can promote a family-oriented, weight-neutral approach by (1) Educating and equipping providers to assess readiness to change and providing high-quality motivational interviewing and lifestyle counseling, (2) Equipping patients and their families with tools involving the six lifestyle interventions to optimize health starting an early age, and (3) Offering a longitudinal uniform office approach to effectively prevent, manage and often reverse obesity and related comorbidities through healthy habit change.
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Affiliation(s)
- J. Blakely Amati
- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC, USA (JBA, ELB)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC, USA (JBA, ELB)
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Paquette JS, Rhéaume C, Cordeau P, Moulin JA, Audet-Walsh E, Blanchette V, Drouin-Chartier JP, Toi AK, Tremblay A. The Longevity Protein Klotho: A Promising Tool to Monitor Lifestyle Improvements. Metabolites 2023; 13:1157. [PMID: 37999253 PMCID: PMC10673288 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13111157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Aging is not a disease; it is a natural evolution of human physiology. Medical advances have extended our life expectancy, but chronic diseases and geriatric syndrome continue to affect the increasingly aging population. Yet modern medicine perpetuates an approach based on treatment rather than prevention and education. In order to help solve this ever-growing problem, a new discipline has emerged: lifestyle medicine. Nutrition, physical activity, stress management, restorative sleep, social connection, and avoidance of risky substances are the pillars on which lifestyle medicine is founded. The aim of this discipline is to increase healthspan and reduce the duration of morbidity by making changes to our lifestyle. In this review, we propose the use of klotho protein as a novel biomarker for lifestyle medicine in order to quantify and monitor the health status of individuals, as no integrative tool currently exists.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jean-Sébastien Paquette
- Primary Care Research and Innovation Laboratory (Laboratoire ARIMED), Groupe de Médecine de Famille Universitaire du Nord de Lanaudière, Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Lanaudière, Joliette, QC J6E 5X7, Canada
- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Department of Human Kinetics and Podiatric Medicine, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- NUTRISS (Nutrition, Health and Society) Research Centre, Institute on Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Vitam, Research Center on Sustainable Health, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- NUTRISS (Nutrition, Health and Society) Research Centre, Institute on Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ), Quebec City, QC G1V 4G5, Canada
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Walker RE, Quong S, Olivier P, Wu L, Xie J, Boyle J. Understanding Preconception Women’s Needs and Preferences for Digital Health Resources: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e39280. [PMID: 35930344 PMCID: PMC9391970 DOI: 10.2196/39280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Improving preconception health can benefit all women, their children, and their families regardless of their individual pregnancy intentions. Rapidly increasing access to information technology and online engagement have created opportunities to use digital health resources to engage with preconception women regarding lifestyle behaviors. Objective This study explores how preconception women engage with digital health resources and online platforms to inform the design and development of a digital health resource to support women to make positive behavior change for their preconception health. Methods This codesign research followed the Double Diamond process, which focuses on contextualization and explorative processes in phase 1 and ideation and development processes in phase 2. Phase 1 is reported on in this study and was undertaken via a series of 1-on-1 in-depth interviews with female participants (N=12) aged 18-45 years over 3 months. Interviews were designed to explore participants’ lived experiences in relation to their health and desired supports for healthy lifestyle behaviors. The first interview focused on participants’ perceptions of health and health behaviors, the second interview focused on social connections for health, and the third interview focused on digital health information and supports. Conversations from the first interview informed the development of the second interview, and conversations from the second interview informed the development of the third interview. Community advisors (N=8) met to provide feedback and advice to the researchers throughout the interview process. Qualitative analyses of transcripts from interviews were undertaken by 2 researchers before a deductive process identified themes mapped to the capability, opportunity, motivation, and behavior (COM-B) framework. Results In total, 9 themes and 8 subthemes were identified from 124 codes. In relation to digital health resources, specifically, participants were already engaging with a range of digital health resources and had high expectations of these. Digital health resources needed to be easy to access, make women’s busy lives easier, be evidence based, and be reputable. Social connectedness was also highly important to our participants, with information and advice from peers with similar experiences being preferred over yet more online health information. Online communities facilitated these social interactions. Participants were open to the idea of chatbots and virtual assistants but acknowledged that they would not replace authentic social interactions. Conclusions Codesigned digital health resources should be evidence based, reputable, and easy to access. Social connections were considered highly important to women, and designers of digital health resources should consider how they can increase opportunities for women to connect and learn from each other to promote health behaviors.
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- Ruth Elizabeth Walker
- Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Action Lab, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Action Lab, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Box Hill, Australia
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