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From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens

Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern, and in Malaysia, it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence energy balance-related behaviours, including energy...

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Autores principales: Reeves, Sue, Poh, Bee Koon, Chong, Yi Ting, Lee, Julia Ai Cheng, Cheah, Whye Lian, Hafizah, Yatiman Noor, Nelson, Georgia, Ruzita, Abd Talib, Koh, Denise, Summerbell, Carolyn, Essau, Cecilia A., Gibson, Edward Leigh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614
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author Reeves, Sue
Poh, Bee Koon
Chong, Yi Ting
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
Cheah, Whye Lian
Hafizah, Yatiman Noor
Nelson, Georgia
Ruzita, Abd Talib
Koh, Denise
Summerbell, Carolyn
Essau, Cecilia A.
Gibson, Edward Leigh
author_facet Reeves, Sue
Poh, Bee Koon
Chong, Yi Ting
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
Cheah, Whye Lian
Hafizah, Yatiman Noor
Nelson, Georgia
Ruzita, Abd Talib
Koh, Denise
Summerbell, Carolyn
Essau, Cecilia A.
Gibson, Edward Leigh
author_sort Reeves, Sue
collection PubMed
description Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern, and in Malaysia, it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence energy balance-related behaviours, including energy intake and energy expenditure. Interventions to address childhood obesity that have multiple components at different levels have been shown to be the most influential. The ToyBox-study is a childhood obesity intervention aimed at preschool-aged children and their families that had been shown to be effective in several European countries and so was chosen for adaption for the Malaysian setting. Materials were translated and adjusted for the Malaysian context and audience and implemented in kindergartens in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, teaching transitioned to being online. This brought an opportunity to reach a wider audience and consider the long-term sustainability of the intervention, and thus eToybox was born. eToybox aims to bring support for healthy energy balance behaviours directly to the teachers, into kindergartens and homes, to encourage families to be active and eat healthily, and prevent or reduce obesity. Through online innovation, the Toybox Study Malaysia programme has been expanded to enhance its potential to impact the promotion of healthy lifestyles among preschoolers and their families, highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to preventing and treating childhood obesity in Malaysia.
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spelling pubmed-104548002023-08-26 From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens Reeves, Sue Poh, Bee Koon Chong, Yi Ting Lee, Julia Ai Cheng Cheah, Whye Lian Hafizah, Yatiman Noor Nelson, Georgia Ruzita, Abd Talib Koh, Denise Summerbell, Carolyn Essau, Cecilia A. Gibson, Edward Leigh Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern, and in Malaysia, it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence energy balance-related behaviours, including energy intake and energy expenditure. Interventions to address childhood obesity that have multiple components at different levels have been shown to be the most influential. The ToyBox-study is a childhood obesity intervention aimed at preschool-aged children and their families that had been shown to be effective in several European countries and so was chosen for adaption for the Malaysian setting. Materials were translated and adjusted for the Malaysian context and audience and implemented in kindergartens in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, teaching transitioned to being online. This brought an opportunity to reach a wider audience and consider the long-term sustainability of the intervention, and thus eToybox was born. eToybox aims to bring support for healthy energy balance behaviours directly to the teachers, into kindergartens and homes, to encourage families to be active and eat healthily, and prevent or reduce obesity. Through online innovation, the Toybox Study Malaysia programme has been expanded to enhance its potential to impact the promotion of healthy lifestyles among preschoolers and their families, highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to preventing and treating childhood obesity in Malaysia. MDPI 2023-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10454800/ /pubmed/37623197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Poh, Bee Koon
Chong, Yi Ting
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
Cheah, Whye Lian
Hafizah, Yatiman Noor
Nelson, Georgia
Ruzita, Abd Talib
Koh, Denise
Summerbell, Carolyn
Essau, Cecilia A.
Gibson, Edward Leigh
From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens
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title_fullStr From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens
title_full_unstemmed From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens
title_short From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens
title_sort from toybox study to etoybox: advancing childhood obesity reduction in malaysian kindergartens
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614
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