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Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2011

Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Obesity Prevention Effectiveness Trial: postintervention results.

Marian L Fitzgibbon, Melinda R Stolley, Linda A Schiffer, Carol L Braunschweig, Sandra L Gomez, Linda Van Horn, Alan R Dyer

Abstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 26 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interventions to Reduce Screen Time in Preschool-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  4. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  10. 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 · 2021
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  11. Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  12. Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2021
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  16. Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marian L FitzgibbonDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. mlf@uic.edu
Melinda R Stolley
Linda A Schiffer
Carol L Braunschweig
Sandra L Gomez
Linda Van Horn
Alan R Dyer

Funding

Preschool Based Obesity Prevention Effectiveness TrialR01HL081645 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FITZGIBBON, MARIAN L. · 2005 to 2008
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL081645NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081645
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The preschool years offer an opportunity to interrupt the trajectory toward obesity in black children. The Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Obesity Prevention Effectiveness Trial was a group-randomized controlled trial assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of a teacher-delivered weight control intervention for black preschool children. The 618 participating children were enrolled in 18 schools administered by the Chicago Public Schools. Children enrolled in the nine schools randomized to the intervention group received a 14-week weight control intervention delivered by their classroom teachers. Children in the nine control schools received a general health intervention. Height and weight, physical activity, screen time, and diet data were collected at baseline and postintervention. At postintervention, children in the intervention schools engaged in more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) than children in the control schools (difference between adjusted group means = 7.46 min/day, P = 0.02). Also, children in the intervention group had less total screen time (-27.8 min/day, P = 0.05). There were no significant differences in BMI, BMI Z score, or dietary intake. It is feasible to adapt an obesity prevention program to be taught by classroom teachers. The intervention showed positive influences on physical activity and screen time, but not on diet. Measuring diet and physical activity in preschool children remains a challenge, and interventions delivered by classroom teachers require both intensive initial training and ongoing individualized supervision.

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Black or African AmericanChild BehaviorDietExerciseBody Mass IndexChicagoChildChild, PreschoolFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth EducationHealth PromotionHumansMaleMusic

Identifiers

PMID21193852
PMCPMC3775499

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