Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2012
Results of a multi-level intervention to prevent and control childhood obesity among Latino children: the Aventuras Para Niños Study.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 31 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 31 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Childhood obesity interventions among Latinos residing in the US-Mexico border: a systematic review and meta-analysis of obesity outcomes.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review on community-based interventions targeting prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of school-based obesity prevention programs for children and adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children birth to 6 years globally: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
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- A Community Guide Systematic Review: School Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based nutrition intervention components on fruit and vegetable intake and nutrition knowledge in children aged 4-12 years old: an umbrella review.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of community health worker-based interventions on physical activity levels in children: a systematic review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2021Pooled it
- The effectiveness of pediatric obesity prevention policies: a comprehensive systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.Journal of translational medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to increase the consumption of water among children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- A developmental cascade perspective of paediatric obesity: A systematic review of preventive interventions from infancy through late adolescence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Caregiver involvement in interventions for improving children's dietary intake and physical activity behaviors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The role and impact of community health workers in childhood obesity interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
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Abstract
backgroundCommunity-based interventions are needed to reduce the burden of childhood obesity. PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of a multi-level promotora-based (Community Health Advisor) intervention to promote healthy eating and physical activity and prevent excess weight gain among Latino children.
methodsThirteen elementary schools were randomized to one of four intervention conditions: individual/family level (Family-only), school/community level (Community-only), combined (Family + Community), or a measurement-only condition. Participants were 808 Latino parents and their children enrolled in kindergarten through 2(nd) grade. Measures included parent and child body mass index (BMI) and a self-administered parent survey that assessed several parent and child behaviors.
resultsThere were no significant intervention effects on children's BMI z-score. The family intervention changed several obesity-related child behaviors (e.g., fruit/vegetable consumption) and these were mediated by changes in parenting variables (e.g., parent monitoring).
conclusionA promotora-based behavioral intervention was efficacious at changing parental factors and child obesity-related health behaviors.
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