From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens.
From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph20166614
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发表时间：
2023-08-20
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通讯作者：
Gibson, Edward Leigh
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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
预防和治疗儿童肥胖症是全球关注的问题，在马来西亚，它被认为是国家公共卫生优先事项。儿童肥胖的决定因素是多因素的，包括直接和间接影响与能量平衡有关的行为的因素，包括能量摄入和能量消耗。针对儿童肥胖症的干预措施已被证明是最有影响力的，这些干预措施在不同水平上有多个组成部分。玩具盒研究是一项针对学龄前儿童及其家庭的儿童肥胖干预措施，在几个欧洲国家被证明是有效的，因此被选为适应马来西亚环境的干预措施。根据马来西亚的背景和受众对材料进行了翻译和调整，并在马来西亚半岛和沙捞越的幼儿园实施。然而，在新冠肺炎大流行和封锁期间，教学过渡到了在线。这带来了一个接触更广泛受众的机会，并考虑到干预的长期可持续性，于是eToyota box诞生了。ETOYBOX旨在将对健康能量平衡行为的支持直接带到教师、幼儿园和家庭，鼓励家庭积极活动，健康饮食，预防或减少肥胖。通过在线创新，TOYBOX研究马来西亚方案已经扩大，以增强其在学龄前儿童及其家庭中促进健康生活方式的潜力，突出了在马来西亚预防和治疗儿童肥胖症的整体方法的重要性。
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.