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.iAbstract --- p.iiAbstract (Chinese version) --- p.ivTable of Contents --- p.viList of Tables --- p.viiiList of Figures --- p.xiList of Abbreviations --- p.xiiChapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.6Chapter 2.1 --- Meanings of the RDAs and Recommendations --- p.6Chapter 2.2 --- An overview of dietary changes --- p.9Chapter 2.3 --- Hypercholesterolemia related to high fat intake of local children --- p.14Chapter 2.4 --- Physical activity habits of children --- p.16Chapter 2.5 --- Parental influences on children's dietary practices --- p.23Chapter 2.6 --- Different criteria used in defining overweight and obesity --- p.26Chapter 2.7 --- Factors cause childhood obesity --- p.30Chapter 2.8 --- New international definition of overweight and obesity --- p.33Chapter 2.9 --- Implications of available studies --- p.34Chapter CHapter 3. --- Methods and Materials --- p.57Chapter 3.1 --- Study design --- p.37Chapter 3.2 --- Reference population --- p.37Chapter 3.3 --- Study population --- p.37Chapter 3.4 --- School selection --- p.37Chapter 3.5 --- Subjects --- p.38Chapter 3.6 --- Types of measurements --- p.38Chapter 3.7 --- Pilot study --- p.47Chapter 3.8 --- Data Processing --- p.48Chapter 3.9 --- Data Analyses --- p.49Chapter 3.10 --- Ethics --- p.54Chapter Chapter 4. --- Results --- p.55Chapter 4.1 --- General descriptive data and responses rates --- p.55Chapter 4.2 --- Eating habits and nutrient intakes of the preschool children --- p.63Chapter 4.3 --- The relationships between gender and general eating habits --- p.77Chapter 4.4 --- Physical activity practices of the preschool children --- p.80Chapter 4.5 --- Relationships between gender and physical activity practices --- p.87Chapter 4.6 --- Parental influences on food selection practices and the preschool children's lifestyles --- p.87Chapter 4.7 --- Height and weight changes among the local 5-year-old children --- p.96Chapter 4.8 --- Prevalence of overweight and obesity --- p.98Chapter 4.9 --- Factors related to BMI (Body Mass Index) --- p.99Chapter Chapter 5. --- Discussion --- p.104Chapter 5.1 --- General eating and dietary intake habits --- p.104Chapter 5.2 --- Reasons for the similarity of eating habits and dietary intakes as older children and adults --- p.108Chapter 5.3 --- Macronutrient energy intake comparisons with other same age counterpartsin Japan and Canada --- p.110Chapter 5.4 --- Physical inactivity of the preschool children --- p.110Chapter 5.5 --- Lack of gender differences in eating and physical activity practices --- p.112Chapter 5.6 --- No relationship between the mothers' education levels and nutritional knowledge --- p.112Chapter 5.7 --- Non-scientific food selection methods by the highly educated mothers --- p.113Chapter 5.8 --- No relationship between the mothers' education levels and their children's eating practices --- p.114Chapter 5.9 --- The highly educated mothers' children seemed to be more active --- p.114Chapter 5.10 --- Modern Hong Kong children have similar body height and weight as children of other Chinese and Western group --- p.115Chapter 5.11 --- Factors related to children's BMI --- p.117Chapter 5.12 --- Limitations of the study --- p.119Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusions and Recommendations --- p.122Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusions --- p.123Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations --- p.125References --- p.127Appendix I (Advertising material) --- p.140Appendix II (Consent letter) --- p.142Appendix III (Material and results for focus groups) --- p.146Appendix IV (Lifestyle questionnaire and 3-day dietary records) --- p.152Appendix V (Tables of results) --- p.18