Does Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Matter for Children's Health Status? Insights from Northern Ghana.

Given that women in rural communities in developing countries are responsible for the nutrition and health-related decisions affecting children in their care, their empowerment may influence the health status of their children. The association between women's empowerment, measured by using a recently developed Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index, and children's health status is examined for a sample of households in Northern Ghana applying a Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model. The MIMIC approach is used to link multiple indicator variables with multiple independent variables through a "single underlying" latent variable.

Effect of intermittent sitting time on acute postprandial lipemia in children.

Objective: To investigate the effect of interrupting sitting time with intermittent moderate exercise on acute postprandial plasma triglyceride (TG) in healthy children following high-fat meal consumption.

Methods: Twelve participants (8 girls; 4 boys), aged 12 ± 2 years (mean ± SD), completed two trials in the laboratory. On Day 1 (d1), sitting was interrupted with moderate intensity exercise every 30 min, and compared with day 2, (d2), where participants remained sedentary.

Week-to-week differences of children's habitual activity and postural allocation as measured by the ActivPAL monitor.

Background: Quantification of sitting and standing is possible with the ActivPAL accelerometer, using algorithms to classify activity into time spent sitting, standing and stepping. The purpose of this study was to determine children's week-to-week differences in time spent sitting/lying and standing along with other measures as provided by the ActivPAL accelerometer during continuous wearing of the ActivPAL monitor.

Methods: Fifty-six children (age 10.