A routine within a routine: Can bedtime yoga improve sleep for the whole family?

Unlabelled: Parents often point to bedtime as a source of frustration, yet early bedtimes and sufficient sleep are important for children's development, learning, and behavior.

Objectives: This pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a yoga-based bedtime routine in a sample of parent-child dyads from a rural community.

Methods: Using a waitlist control study design, children aged 2-5 years and their parent were randomized to either intervention (yoga) or control (bedtime story) groups.

Height and Weight Measurement and Communication With Families in Head Start: Developing a Toolkit and Establishing Best Practices.

Head start (HS) programs are required to collect children's height and weight data. Programs also communicate these results to families. However, no standardized protocol exists to guide measurements or communicate results.

Neighborhood and Family Characteristics Associated with Adiposity and Physical Activity Engagement among Preschoolers in a Small Rural Community.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to evaluate family and home/neighborhood characteristics associated with physical activity (PA) and adiposity among young children living in a small rural community.

Methods: Participants were 30 parents and their youngest child aged 2-5 years. Children wore accelerometers for 7 days.

BMI Data Collection and Communication Practices in a Multistate Sample of Head Start Programs.

Although there is a federal mandate to collect anthropometric data in Head Start (HS), little is currently known about the processes used to collect the height and weight measurements across programs and how the results are communicated to parents/guardians. The goal of this study was to understand anthropometric data collection and dissemination procedures in a sample of HS programs serving children 3-5 years. A convenience sample of HS Health or Nutrition managers were recruited via personal contacts and HS state directors to complete an electronic survey.

Prevalence and determinants of hypertension unawareness among Egyptian adults: the 2015 EHIS.

Hypertension (HTN) is a major cardiovascular risk factor that affects 1.3 billion people and accounts for 17.9 million deaths annually worldwide.

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Three Different Exercise Strategies for Optimizing Aerobic Capacity and Skeletal Muscle Performance in Older Adults: Protocol for the DART Study.

Age-related declines in physical function lead to decreased independence and higher healthcare costs. Individuals who meet the endurance and resistance exercise recommendations can improve their physical function and overall fitness, even into their ninth decade. However, most older adults do not exercise regularly, and the majority of those who do only perform one type of exercise, and in doing so are not getting the benefits of endurance or resistance exercise.

Family Eating Behavior and Child Eating Patterns Differences Between Children With and Without Siblings.

Objective: To examine the differences in family eating behaviors and child eating patterns in children with siblings (nonsingletons) and without siblings (singletons).

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of mother-child dyads of 5-7-year-old children, (nonsingletons with a 2-to-4-year-old sibling) was conducted. Anthropometrics were measured.

Foundational knowledge regarding childhood obesity: a cross-sectional study of medical students.

Background: Documentation and diagnosis of childhood obesity in primary care is poor and providers are often unfamiliar with guidelines. This lack of knowledge may be attributed to insufficient training in medical school and residency; however, no studies have evaluated medical students' knowledge of recommendations.

Methods: We distributed a modified version of the Physician Survey of Practice on Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Control to medical students at a single university.

Influence of Osteopathic Medical Students' Personal Health on Attitudes Toward Counseling Obese Pediatric Patients.

Context: Research has shown that physicians with positive health and lifestyle behaviors have more positive attitudes toward effective counseling, but little is known about how personal health behaviors of medical students influence their attitudes regarding pediatric obesity counseling before entering practice.

Objective: To determine whether the personal health status and habits of osteopathic medical students influence their attitudes toward counseling obese pediatric patients regarding lifestyle behaviors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed electronically to first- through fourth-year osteopathic medical students.

Difference in Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Obesity in Children With and Without Siblings.

Unlabelled: Background/Context: Children without siblings (singletons) have higher rates of obesity than do children with siblings (nonsingletons). Higher moderate to vigorous physical activity (PA) and less sedentary behavior (SB) are associated with lower childhood obesity.

Purpose: To examine the difference in PA and SB between singleton and nonsingleton children.

Medical Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors With Regard to Skin Cancer and Sun-Protective Behaviors.

Background: Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the United States. Training medical students about the importance of sun-protective behaviors is critical to reducing skin cancer rates. However, minimal research has explored osteopathic medical students' knowledge and behaviors with regard to the sun's effect on skin health.

First-Year Osteopathic Medical Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Physical Activity.

Context: Current guidelines recommend that primary care physicians provide physical activity counseling as part of routine preventive health care. However, education regarding physical activity counseling often is not included or is inadequately covered in medical school curriculum, and it is unclear whether future physicians are prepared to offer effective counseling in this area.

Objective: To examine first-year medical students' knowledge of and attitudes toward physical activity and the importance of physical activity in patient counseling.

Evaluation of Nighttime Media Use and Sleep Patterns in First-semester College Students.

Objective: We evaluated how nighttime media use is associated with sleep behaviors in firstsemester college students, and variation by weight status.

Methods: In September 2016, first-semester college students (N = 114) completed surveys evaluating nighttime media usage (NMU) and sleep behaviors. Height, weight, and waist circumference were measured, and weight status was determined by body mass index.

Calculating a Continuous Metabolic Syndrome Score Using Nationally Representative Reference Values.

Objective: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in youth varies on the basis of the classification system used, prompting implementation of continuous scores; however, the use of these scores is limited to the sample from which they were derived. We sought to describe the derivation of the continuous metabolic syndrome score using nationally representative reference values in a sample of obese adolescents and a national sample obtained from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012.

Methods: Clinical data were collected from 50 adolescents seeking obesity treatment at a stage 3 weight management center.

The Association Between Measures of Fitness and Metabolic Health in Treatment-Seeking Youth with Obesity.

Background: Both cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and measures of muscular fitness are associated with metabolic syndrome in adults. However, limited information exists about these relationships in youth with severe obesity who are at increased risk of metabolic dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fitness and metabolic health in treatment-seeking youth with obesity.

Graded Exercise Testing in a Pediatric Weight Management Center: The DeVos Protocol.

Background: In this article, we describe a protocol used to test the functional capacity of the obese pediatric patient and describe the peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) of patients seeking treatment at a pediatric weight management center.

Methods: One hundred eleven (mean age, 12.5 ± 3.

Physical activity does not attenuate the relationship between daily cortisol and metabolic syndrome in obese youth.

Objective: We examined the associations among daily cortisol, physical activity (MVPA) and continuous metabolic syndrome score (cMetS) in obese youth.

Methods: Fifty adolescents (mean age 14.8 ± 1.