Trial reportArchives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine2010
A randomized controlled trial of culturally tailored dance and reducing screen time to prevent weight gain in low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS.
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The trial behind it
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Girls Health Enrichment Multi-Site Studies (GEMS)
Type 2 Diabetes Primary Prevention for At Risk Girls
Who cites it
78 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Dance and its Effects on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce meat consumption by appealing to animal welfare: Meta-analysis and evidence-based recommendations.Appetite · 2021Pooled it
- Black American and Latinx Parent/Caregiver Participation in Digital Health Obesity Interventions for Children: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Pooled it
- Identification and evaluation of risk of generalizability biases in pilot versus efficacy/effectiveness trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Obesity Prevention Interventions and Implications for Energy Balance in the United States and Mexico: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Meta-Analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- The effect of interventions targeting screen time reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Reducing Recreational Sedentary Screen Time: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
- What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015Pooled it
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- Effect of childhood obesity prevention programmes on blood lipids: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2014Pooled it
- Effect of childhood obesity prevention programs on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Circulation · 2014Pooled it
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- Family-focused physical activity, diet and obesity interventions in African-American girls: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2013Pooled it
- The Effect of an Obesity Prevention Intervention Among Specific Subpopulations: A Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect Analysis of the Greenlight Trial.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Trial
- Connect through PLAY: a randomized-controlled trial in afterschool programs to increase adolescents' physical activity.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo test a 2-year community- and family-based obesity prevention program for low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS (Girls' health Enrichment Multi-site Studies).
designRandomized controlled trial with follow-up measures scheduled at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.
settingLow-income areas of Oakland, California.
participantsAfrican American girls aged 8 to 10 years (N=261) and their parents or guardians.
interventionsFamilies were randomized to one of two 2-year, culturally tailored interventions: (1) after-school hip-hop, African, and step dance classes and a home/family-based intervention to reduce screen media use or (2) information-based health education.
main outcome measureChanges in body mass index (BMI).
resultsChanges in BMI did not differ between groups (adjusted mean difference [95% confidence interval] = 0.04 [-0.18 to 0.27] per year). Among secondary outcomes, fasting total cholesterol level (adjusted mean difference, -3.49 [95% confidence interval, -5.28 to -1.70] mg/dL per year), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (-3.02 [-4.74 to -1.31] mg/dL per year), incidence of hyperinsulinemia (relative risk, 0.35 [0.13 to 0.93]), and depressive symptoms (-0.21 [-0.42 to -0.001] per year) decreased more among girls in the dance and screen time reduction intervention. In exploratory moderator analysis, the dance and screen time reduction intervention slowed BMI gain more than health education among girls who watched more television at baseline (P = .02) and/or those whose parents or guardians were unmarried (P = .01).
conclusionsA culturally tailored after-school dance and screen time reduction intervention for low-income, preadolescent African American girls did not significantly reduce BMI gain compared with health education but did produce potentially clinically important reductions in lipid levels, hyperinsulinemia, and depressive symptoms. There was also evidence for greater effectiveness in high-risk subgroups of girls.
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