RESUMO
This chapter is based on the memories of those who shaped the relationship between the European and the North American Societies for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. The first joint meeting of the 2 Societies took place in Paris in 1978, followed by 1 in New York in 1985, 1 in Amsterdam in 1990, 1 in Houston in 1994, and the last one in Toulouse in 1998. The formation of the Federation of the International Societies for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN) preceded the First World Congress of all Societies, which took place in Boston in 2000. The success of this meeting was followed by world congresses in Paris in 2004, Iguassu in 2008, Taiwan in 2012, and Montreal in 2016. NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN jointly took on the direction of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1991. Communication between the 2 Societies is extremely active, with members participating in many joint projects.
Assuntos
Ciências da Nutrição Infantil/história , Gastroenterologia/história , Relações Interprofissionais , Pediatria/história , Sociedades Médicas/história , Criança , Ciências da Nutrição Infantil/organização & administração , Congressos como Assunto/história , Congressos como Assunto/organização & administração , Europa (Continente) , Gastroenterologia/organização & administração , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , América do Norte , Pediatria/organização & administração , Sociedades Médicas/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To assess an intervention strategy--a 6-week obesity intervention program, Project KidFIT, at 3 Houston, Texas park centers--to address the obesity epidemic in minority children. STUDY DESIGN: Project KidFIT is a physical fitness and nutrition education program aimed at promoting the benefits of physical activity and improving nutrition knowledge in overweight (body mass index [BMI] > or = 95th percentile) minority children. RESULTS: A total of 120 minority children (77 boys and 43 girls; mean age, 10.1 years) were enrolled in the program. Approximately 71% of these children were at risk of overweight (BMI > or = 85th percentile), and 54% were overweight. Decreases in body weight (0.3 +/- 0.2 kg [mean +/- standard error]) and BMI (0.1 +/- 0.1 kg/m2) were detected in the overweight children, whereas increases in body weight (0.4 +/- 0.1 kg) and BMI (0.2 +/- 0.1 kg/m2) were observed in the children with normal body weight (BMI < 85th percentile but > 5th percentile). Significant improvements (P < .05) in flexibility, muscular endurance, and muscular strength were detected in all children, regardless of weight status. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that the city park-based KidFIT program might be effective at promoting stabilization for body weight and BMI and improving physical activity performance and nutrition knowledge in overweight minority children.