Exploring the long-term sustainability of school-based nutrition and food programs: What works, where and why?

Issue Addressed: Most food and nutrition programs cease within 2 years. Understanding the determinants of program sustainability is crucial to maximise output from funding, whilst allowing sufficient time for program benefits to be achieved. This study applied the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to map the barriers and enablers of successful long-term implementation of school-based nutrition and food programs.

Physical activity cost in children following an acquired brain injury--a comparative study.

Background: Alterations in energy expenditure during activity post head injury has not been investigated due primarily to the difficulty of measurement.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare energy expenditure during activity and body composition of children following acquired brain injury (ABI) with data from a group of normal controls.

Design: Energy expenditure was measured using the Cosmed K4b(2) in a group of 15 children with ABI and a group of 67 normal children during rest and when walking and running.

Resting energy expenditure and body composition in children with myelomeningocele.

Purpose: Myelomeningocele is a complex disease often complicated by obesity for reasons not well understood. The objectives of this study were to determine body composition and energy expenditure of children with MMC.

Methods: Resting energy expenditure (REE), body composition and anthropometry were measured in 19 children with MMC (12 M, 7 F).