Insights from a codesigned dynamic modelling study of child and adolescent obesity in Australia.

Introduction: Child and adolescent obesity is associated with a range of immediate health issues and influences obesity in adulthood. The complex nature of health determinants that contribute to obesity makes it challenging to deliver effective public health interventions. This research presents insights from a system dynamics model of childhood and adolescent obesity aimed at supporting evidence-based decision-making.

Optimization of physiology in organ donors in the intensive care unit - what you need to know.

Optimizing the physiology of organ donors is a critical component of preserving the option for organ donation and addressing the shortage of organs available for transplantation. In this article, we review common physiologic alterations seen in organ donors with a focus on brain-dead organ donors. These physiologic alterations and recommended interventions to optimize the physiology of the brain-dead organ donor are discussed by organ system, providing a framework for trauma surgeons and intensivists involved in the care of organ donors.

Behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: intervention coding of studies in the TOPCHILD Collaboration systematic review.

Background: Early childhood obesity prevention interventions that aim to change parent/caregiver practices related to infant (milk) feeding, food provision and parent feeding, movement (including activity, sedentary behaviour) and/or sleep health (i.e. target parental behaviour domains) are diverse and heterogeneously reported.

Moderating carbohydrate digestion rate in mice promotes fat oxidation and metabolic flexibility revealed through a new approach to assess metabolic substrate utilization.

Purpose: Superior metabolic flexibility, or the ability to efficiently switch between oxidation of carbohydrate and fat, is inversely associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The influence of dietary factors on metabolic flexibility is incompletely understood. This study examined the impact of dietary carbohydrate digestion rate on metabolic flexibility and metabolic substrate utilization.