Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Nov 2016
Review Meta Analysis[Prevention of overweight in children: Standard setting documents].
The quality of preventive measures is an essential precondition for their success. A current objective of health policy in Germany is to find the criteria for quality, as well as to process and discuss them systematically with relevant stakeholders. ⋯ To develop common standards, mutual recognition is needed between actors of the field, science and politics. The scientific discourse needs to interrelate better studies of primary prevention with overweight research as well as quality assessment.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Nov 2016
Meta Analysis[Reduce sedentary behaviour among children - a systematic review].
Sedentary behaviour is itself a health-related behaviour. This systematic review examines whether family-based interventions can reduce sitting time among children and adolescents and which variables moderate potential intervention effects. ⋯ There are many promising opportunities to reduce sitting time using family-based approaches. Statements in terms of replication of interventions and explanations of the effective mechanisms within interventions are limited. Therefore, future interventions should use subjective as well as objective evaluation measures and consider overall sitting time. To strengthen the basis of interventional effort in this research field, a theoretical planning approach is recommended.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Apr 2016
Review Meta Analysis[Influenza pandemic deaths in Germany from 1918 to 2009. Estimates based on literature and own calculations].
Estimation of the number of deaths as a consequence of the influenza pandemics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (i.e. 1918-1919, 1957-1958, 1968-1970 and 2009) is a challenge worldwide and also in Germany. After conducting a systematic literature search complemented by our own calculations, values and estimates for all four pandemics were collated and evaluated. ⋯ We have proposed plausible estimates of pandemic-related excess number of deaths for the last four pandemics as well as excess mortality in Germany. The heterogeneity among pandemics is large with a variation factor of more than 1000. Possible explanations include characteristics of the virus or host (immunity), social conditions, status of the healthcare system and medical advances.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Jun 2015
Review Meta Analysis[The effectiveness of primary prevention interventions promoting physical activity and healthy eating in preschool children: A review of reviews].
During their preschool years children establish nutritional and physical activity (PA) habits that may contribute to the development of overweight and obesity. ⋯ Preschool-based interventions showed some early improvements in eating habits and PA. Evidence is limited by the small number of studies, a lack of methodological quality, and inconsistencies among outcome measures. Evidence regarding anthropometric measurements is still inconclusive.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Jun 2014
Review Meta Analysis[Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents in Germany. Data sources and results].
Compared to adults, children and adolescents run a considerably higher risk of suffering unintentional injuries (UI). To prevent UI, detailed knowledge of the overall accident occurrence and the determinants of UI is needed. This article gives an overview of the data sources covering the occurrence of UI among children and adolescents in Germany. ⋯ While UI among children mostly happen at home, road traffic and leisure-time accidents increase in occurrence during adolescence. In Germany, there are numerous initiatives dedicated to the prevention of UI in children and adolescents. The creation of target group-specific prevention measures is complicated by the fact that the methodological approaches of existing data sources differ considerably.