Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski

Summary

Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Process and impact evaluation of the Romp & Chomp obesity prevention intervention in early childhood settings: lessons learned from implementation in preschools and long day care settings
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
    Child Obes 8:205-15. 2012
  2. ncbi Increasing community capacity to prevent childhood obesity: challenges, lessons learned and results from the Romp & Chomp intervention
    Florentine P de Groot
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:522. 2010
  3. ncbi Splash!: a prospective birth cohort study of the impact of environmental, social and family-level influences on child oral health and obesity related risk factors and outcomes
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:505. 2011
  4. ncbi Government food service policies and guidelines do not create healthy school canteens
    Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 35:117-21. 2011
  5. ncbi Obesity prevention in the family day care setting: impact of the Romp & Chomp intervention on opportunities for children's physical activity and healthy eating
    A de Silva-Sanigorski
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University and McCaughey Centre and Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
    Child Care Health Dev 37:385-93. 2011
  6. ncbi Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids--'Go for your life'
    Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski
    The McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:288. 2010
  7. ncbi The VicGeneration study--a birth cohort to examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries: background, aims and methods
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:97. 2010
  8. ncbi Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents
    Steven Allender
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
    J Sci Med Sport 14:512-21. 2011
  9. ncbi Tongan adolescents' eating patterns: opportunities for intervention
    Katherine Cacavas
    Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    Asia Pac J Public Health 23:24-33. 2011
  10. ncbi Interventions for preventing obesity in children
    Elizabeth Waters
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 5 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, Vic, Australia, 3010
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD001871. 2011

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Process and impact evaluation of the Romp & Chomp obesity prevention intervention in early childhood settings: lessons learned from implementation in preschools and long day care settings
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
    Child Obes 8:205-15. 2012
    ..This paper reports on the process and impact evaluation of this trial and the lessons learned from this complex community intervention...
  2. ncbi Increasing community capacity to prevent childhood obesity: challenges, lessons learned and results from the Romp & Chomp intervention
    Florentine P de Groot
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:522. 2010
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  3. ncbi Splash!: a prospective birth cohort study of the impact of environmental, social and family-level influences on child oral health and obesity related risk factors and outcomes
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:505. 2011
    ..This study aims to prospectively examine the impact of drink choices on child obesity risk and oral health status...
  4. ncbi Government food service policies and guidelines do not create healthy school canteens
    Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 35:117-21. 2011
    ..This study aims to determine whether compliance with the policy improves the nutritional profile of the menus...
  5. ncbi Obesity prevention in the family day care setting: impact of the Romp & Chomp intervention on opportunities for children's physical activity and healthy eating
    A de Silva-Sanigorski
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University and McCaughey Centre and Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
    Child Care Health Dev 37:385-93. 2011
    ..This study aims to determine if the intervention successfully created more health promoting family day care (FDC) environments...
  6. ncbi Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids--'Go for your life'
    Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski
    The McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:288. 2010
    ..Once the K-GFYL program 'criteria' are reached the school/service is assessed and 'awarded'. This paper describes the design of the evaluation of the statewide K-GFYL intervention program...
  7. ncbi The VicGeneration study--a birth cohort to examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries: background, aims and methods
    Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski
    Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:97. 2010
    ..Early childhood caries may also result in a substantial social burden on families and significant costs to the public health system. A disproportionate burden of disease is also experienced by disadvantaged populations...
  8. ncbi Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents
    Steven Allender
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
    J Sci Med Sport 14:512-21. 2011
    ..To examine the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and body mass index (BMI) among a sample of Australian adolescents...
  9. ncbi Tongan adolescents' eating patterns: opportunities for intervention
    Katherine Cacavas
    Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    Asia Pac J Public Health 23:24-33. 2011
    ..Furthermore, it is important that obesity prevention interventions are informed by culture-specific influences to optimize uptake of healthy diets...
  10. ncbi Interventions for preventing obesity in children
    Elizabeth Waters
    Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 5 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, Vic, Australia, 3010
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD001871. 2011
    ..The international evidence base for strategies that governments, communities and families can implement to prevent obesity, and promote health, has been accumulating but remains unclear...