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System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency

The childhood obesity has rapidly increased,though little is known about the impact of frequency of meals and portion size on weight and obesity.The objective of this study is to compare and to determine the effective strategy for obesity prevention by improving the consumption of portion size and m...

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Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda, Mamat, Mustafa, Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam, Dangerfield, Brian, Baten, Md Azizul
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QA Mathematics
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spelling my.uum.repo.178002016-04-14T01:10:15Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/17800/ System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda Mamat, Mustafa Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam Dangerfield, Brian Baten, Md Azizul QA Mathematics The childhood obesity has rapidly increased,though little is known about the impact of frequency of meals and portion size on weight and obesity.The objective of this study is to compare and to determine the effective strategy for obesity prevention by improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency.This study utilised the secondary data obtained from the Health Survey for England for the child population aged between 2 to 15 years in United Kingdom This study combines the different strands of knowledge from nutrition, physical activity and body metabolism and synthesizing this knowledge into a system dynamics model which the model offers unique insights into the cause-and-effect relationships among the influencing factors. Findings from the simulation analysis demonstrated that reducing meal frequency is the most effective controlling strategy for obesity prevention. This is asserted by the fact that the highest reduction in average weight (3.14%-4.5%) and average body mass index (3.14%-4.5%) between 2020 and 2030 was observed by improving meal frequency.This paper concludes that system dynamics utilised in this study will be advantageous to guide the food stakeholder to gain insight into the complex of eating behavior and to experiment with various intervention strategies for obesity prevention. Hikari Ltd 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/17800/1/AMS%208%2066%203283%20-%203296.pdf Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda and Mamat, Mustafa and Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam and Dangerfield, Brian and Baten, Md Azizul (2014) System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 8 (66). pp. 3283-3296. ISSN 1314-7552 http://doi.org/10.12988/ams.2014.43247 doi:10.12988/ams.2014.43247
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topic QA Mathematics
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Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda
Mamat, Mustafa
Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam
Dangerfield, Brian
Baten, Md Azizul
System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
description The childhood obesity has rapidly increased,though little is known about the impact of frequency of meals and portion size on weight and obesity.The objective of this study is to compare and to determine the effective strategy for obesity prevention by improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency.This study utilised the secondary data obtained from the Health Survey for England for the child population aged between 2 to 15 years in United Kingdom This study combines the different strands of knowledge from nutrition, physical activity and body metabolism and synthesizing this knowledge into a system dynamics model which the model offers unique insights into the cause-and-effect relationships among the influencing factors. Findings from the simulation analysis demonstrated that reducing meal frequency is the most effective controlling strategy for obesity prevention. This is asserted by the fact that the highest reduction in average weight (3.14%-4.5%) and average body mass index (3.14%-4.5%) between 2020 and 2030 was observed by improving meal frequency.This paper concludes that system dynamics utilised in this study will be advantageous to guide the food stakeholder to gain insight into the complex of eating behavior and to experiment with various intervention strategies for obesity prevention.
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author Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda
Mamat, Mustafa
Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam
Dangerfield, Brian
Baten, Md Azizul
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Mamat, Mustafa
Tengku Izham, Tengku Hizam
Dangerfield, Brian
Baten, Md Azizul
author_sort Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda
title System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
title_short System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
title_full System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
title_fullStr System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
title_full_unstemmed System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
title_sort system dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency
publisher Hikari Ltd
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