Trial reportPediatrics2012
Early childhood family intervention and long-term obesity prevention among high-risk minority youth.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01670227 (Preventing Conduct Problems in Poor Urban Preschoolers), which is not on this map. Cited by 102 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Preventing Conduct Problems in Poor Urban Preschoolers
Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity on Parental and Offspring Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Early General Parenting Interventions: Long-term Effects in Underrepresented Populations and Implications for Obesity Prevention.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled 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 for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.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
- The Mediating Effect of Self-Regulation in the Association Between Poverty and Child Weight: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Pediatric Obesity and Eating Disorders Symptoms: The Role of the Multidisciplinary Treatment. A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Pooled it
- Cumulative childhood adversity and adult cardiometabolic disease: A meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 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
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Parenting Training Plus Behavioral Treatment for Children With Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- A randomized controlled trial examining general parenting training and family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity: The ReFRESH study design.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Trial
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Supports Healthy Eating Behavior in Child Welfare-Involved Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- The Families and Schools for Health Project: A Longitudinal Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Children with Overweight and Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Improving Toddlers' Healthy Eating Habits and Self-regulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Can a Parenting Intervention to Prevent Early Conduct Problems Interrupt Girls' Risk for Intimate Partner Violence 10 Years Later?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Trial
- Transportability of an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention in a Low-Income African Country: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Study.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
- Potential return on investment of a family-centered early childhood intervention: a cost-effectiveness analysis.BMC public health · 2017Trial
42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the hypothesis that family intervention to promote effective parenting in early childhood affects obesity in preadolescence.
methodsParticipants were 186 minority youth at risk for behavior problems who enrolled in long-term follow-up studies after random assignment to family intervention or control condition at age 4. Follow-up Study 1 included 40 girls at familial risk for behavior problems; Follow-up Study 2 included 146 boys and girls at risk for behavior problems based on teacher ratings. Family intervention aimed to promote effective parenting and prevent behavior problems during early childhood; it did not focus on physical health. BMI and health behaviors were measured an average of 5 years after intervention in Study 1 and 3 years after intervention in Study 2.
resultsYouth randomized to intervention had significantly lower BMI at follow-up relative to controls (Study 1 P = .05; Study 2 P = .006). Clinical impact is evidenced by lower rates of obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile) among intervention girls and boys relative to controls (Study 2: 24% vs 54%, P = .002). There were significant intervention-control group differences on physical and sedentary activity, blood pressure, and diet.
conclusionsTwo long-term follow-up studies of randomized trials show that relative to controls, youth at risk for behavior problems who received family intervention at age 4 had lower BMI and improved health behaviors as they approached adolescence. Efforts to promote effective parenting and prevent behavior problems early in life may contribute to the reduction of obesity and health disparities.
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