System dynamics modeling of childhood obesity

Madahian Behrouz, Klesges, Klesges Lisa, Homayouni, Homayouni Ramin

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• Publié par: biomed
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 29
• Langue: English

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Madahianet al.BMC Bioinformatics2012,13(Suppl 12):A13 http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712105/13/S12/A13

M E E T I N GA B S T R A C TOpen Access System dynamics modeling of childhood obesity 1 23 1,4* Behrouz Madahian , Robert C Klesges , Lisa Klesges , Ramin Homayouni From11th Annual UTORNLKBRIN Bioinformatics Summit 2012 Louisville, KY, USA. 30 March  1 April 2012

Background Effective strategies for prevention of obesity have been elu sive since the recognition of obesity as a major public health issue [1]. Obesity is a result of chronic, quantitative imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure,

influenced by a combination of genetic, environmental, psychological and social factors. Therefore, a systems per spective is needed to examine effective obesity prevention strategies [2]. In this study, a system dynamics model was developed using the data from the Girls health Enrichment

Figure 1The complete system dynamic body weight model included sugar and fat intake variables (open circles) as well as environmental and behavioral subsystems (green circles).

* Correspondence: [e-mail] 1 Bioinformatics Program, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

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