Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Children's Perceptions, Factors of Influence, and Suggestions for Reducing Intake.

Objectives: This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of children's perceptions of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs).

Design: Nine focus groups were conducted in grade 5 and 6 elementary schoolchildren.

Setting: Nine urban and rural elementary schools in London, Ontario, Canada.

Nutritional analysis of a long-term care menu before and after an increase in the raw food cost allowance.

Purpose: Regular, nontherapeutic menus were compared before and after an increase in the Ontario long-term care (LTC) raw food cost allowance (RFCA). The purpose was to determine whether any significant nutritional differences existed between the old and new menus and whether they met target values for adequacy, according to the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) nutrient recommendations or other target values relevant to Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care standards.

Methods: A southeastern Ontario LTC facility fall/winter 2006/2007 menu and fall/winter 2007/2008 menu were used for nutrient analysis with ESHA Food Processor SQL 10.

Childhood overweight and obesity management: A national perspective of primary health care providers' views, practices, perceived barriers and needs.

Background: Obesity and overweight in children are an escalating problem in Canada and worldwide. Currently, little is known about the manner in which primary health care providers are responding to Canada's obesity epidemic.

Objective: To determine the views, practices, challenges/barriers, and needs of a national sample of family physicians (FPs) and community paediatricians (CPs) with respect to paediatric obesity identification and management.

Screen-related sedentary behaviours of school-aged children: Principals' and teachers' perspectives.

OBJECTIVE: To solicit school principals' and teachers' perspectives on children's screen-related sedentary behaviour and to identify possible solutions to reduce sedentary behaviours among school-aged children. METHOD: In-person interviews using a semi-structured interview guide were conducted with school principals and grades five and six classroom teachers in 14 randomly selected elementary schools in London and Middlesex County, Ontario. Fourteen principals and 39 classroom teachers participated in the study.

Screen-related sedentary behaviors: children's and parents' attitudes, motivations, and practices.

Objective: To investigate school-aged children's and parents' attitudes, social influences, and intentions toward excessive screen-related sedentary behavior (S-RSB).

Design: A cross-sectional study using a survey methodology.

Setting: Elementary schools in London, Ontario, Canada.

Understanding screen-related sedentary behavior and its contributing factors among school-aged children: a social-ecologic exploration.

Purpose: To explore the factors that contribute to children's screen-related sedentary (S-RS) behaviors.

Settings: Elementary schools.

Subjects: A random sample of children in grades five and six and their parents.