Prevention of further weight gain in overweight school children, a pilot study.

Background: Involving school nurses in weight gain prevention activities in already overweight children may be a means to address childhood obesity prevention.

Objective: To describe and evaluate a treatment method aimed for implementation in school care centres.

Methods: Twenty families (20 overweight children aged 7 years) were interviewed at baseline with standardized questionnaires, received simple dietary and lifestyle advice.

Food choice, socio-economic characteristics and health in 4-year olds in a well-educated urban Swedish community.

Background And Aims: Dietary habits founded early in life might influence development of welfare diseases. The aim was to analyse food choice, socio-economic characteristics and health by questionnaires in healthy 4-year olds.

Methods: Two hundred and thirty children were invited and 79% completed all questionnaires.

The influence of calcium and magnesium in drinking water and diet on cardiovascular risk factors in individuals living in hard and soft water areas with differences in cardiovascular mortality.

Background: The role of water hardness as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease has been widely investigated and evaluated as regards regional differences in cardiovascular disease. This study was performed to evaluate the relation between calcium and magnesium in drinking water and diet and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in individuals living in hard and soft water areas with considerable differences in cardiovascular mortality.

Methods: A random sample of 207 individuals living in two municipalities characterised by differences in cardiovascular mortality and water hardness was invited for an examination including a questionnaire about health, social and living conditions and diet.