Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2013
Latino families, primary care, and childhood obesity: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Behavioral Interventions for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children That Are Delivered or Referred to by Health Providers in Primary Care.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities and migrants in obesity prevention randomised controlled trials.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- Sex differences in response to lifestyle intervention among children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Culturally Sensitive Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Family-Centered Interventions for Treatment and Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Hispanic Families: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of Physical Activity and Lifestyle Interventions Focused on School Children with Obesity Using Accelerometry: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Family-Based Behavior Change Interventions on Obesity-Related Behavior Change in Children: A Realist Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Translating evidence to patient care through caregivers: a systematic review of caregiver-mediated interventions.BMC medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
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- Are physical activity studies in Hispanics meeting reporting guidelines for continuous monitoring technology? A systematic review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- Effect of multidisciplinary interventions on quality of life in obese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Pooled it
- Changes in objectively measured physical activity after a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity: a randomized control trial.BMC pediatrics · 2019Trial
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- Family-based intervention using face-to-face sessions and social media to improve Malay primary school children's adiposity: a randomized controlled field trial of the Malaysian REDUCE programme.Nutrition journal · 2018Trial
- Embedding weight management into safety-net pediatric primary care: randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Trial
- Efficacy of an intervention in the nutritional status and consumption of ultra-processed foods in children with obesity treated in primary health care in Brazil.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Combined nutrition and physical activity education for early adolescents with malnutrition: A systematic review of overweight interventions and the undernutrition evidence gap.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Exercise empowerment: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental physical activity interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundFew successful treatment modalities exist to address childhood obesity. Given Latinos' strong identity with family, a family-focused intervention may be able to control Latino childhood obesity. PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a family-centered, primary care-based approach to control childhood obesity through lifestyle choices.
designRandomized waitlist controlled trial in which control participants received the intervention 6 months after the intervention group. SETTING/
participantsForty-one Latino children with BMI >85%, aged 9-12 years, and their caregivers were recruited from an urban community health center located in a predominantly low-income community.
interventionChildren and their caregivers received 6 weeks of interactive group classes followed by 6 months of culturally sensitive monthly in-person or phone coaching to empower families to incorporate learned lifestyles and to address both family and social barriers to making changes. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Caregiver report on child and child self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL); metabolic markers of obesity; BMI; and accelerometer-based physical activity were measured July 2010-November 2011 and compared with post-intervention assessments conducted at 6 months and as a function of condition assignment. Data were analyzed in 2012.
resultsAverage attendance rate to each group class was 79%. Socio-environmental and family factors, along with knowledge, were cited as barriers to changing lifestyles to control obesity. Caregiver proxy and child self-reported HRQoL improved for both groups with a larger but not nonsignificant difference among intervention vs control group children (p=0.33). No differences were found between intervention and control children for metabolic markers of obesity, BMI, or physical activity.
conclusionsLatino families are willing to participate in group classes and health coaching to control childhood obesity. It may be necessary for primary care to partner with community initiatives to address childhood obesity in a more intense manner.
trial registrationThis study is registered at Clinicaltrials.partners.org 2009P001721.
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