Publications by authors named "Machiko Aoki"
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing in children and adolescents. Although some diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome exist, further research is needed to determine appropriate age-, sex-, and race-specific cutoffs for each component. Health examinations were conducted in 1,679 children aged 6-15 years in 9 regions of Japan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The associations between developmental patterns (trajectories) in children and maternal factors have been widely investigated, but paternal effects on these trajectories are unclear. This study aimed to determine child and parental factors involved in developmental trajectories at high risk for causing adverse cardiovascular (CV) profiles in children.
Methods: We analyzed longitudinal anthropometric data from birth to the present and CV profiles of 1,832 healthy volunteers (51% girls) aged 3-15 years who participated in a nationwide study between July 2012 and January 2014.
Article Synopsis
- A randomized controlled trial in Japan aimed to assess the impact of walking on childhood obesity among elementary school children with a high percentage overweight (≥20%).
- Participants were divided into three groups: one encouraged to walk at least 10,000 steps on school holidays, another to limit screen time, and a control group with no intervention, with a primary outcome of %OW reduction after three months.
- Results showed that the walking group experienced a significant decrease in %OW (mean reduction of -4.06%) compared to the control group, suggesting that promoting walking can be an effective strategy for addressing obesity in children.