Trial reportBMC public health2013
Butterfly Girls; promoting healthy diet and physical activity to young African American girls online: rationale and design.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01481948 (Using Technology to Prevent Obesity Among African American Girls), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Using Technology to Prevent Obesity Among African American Girls
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled 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
- Diet Quality among Pre-Adolescent African American Girls in a Randomized Controlled Obesity Prevention Intervention Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Creating action plans in a serious video game increases and maintains child fruit-vegetable intake: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Trial
- Promoting Health Equity: Identifying Parent and Child Reactions to a Culturally-Grounded Obesity Prevention Program Specifically Designed for Black Girls Using Community-Engaged Research.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The use of comics to promote health awareness: A template using nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.European journal of clinical investigation · 2022Review
- Qualitative evaluation of a social media campaign to improve healthy food habits among urban adolescent females in Indonesia.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Perspectives of Black/African American and Hispanic Parents and Children Living in Under-Resourced Communities Regarding Factors That Influence Food Choices and Decisions: A Qualitative Investigation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Using Relational Agents to Promote Family Communication Around Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management in the Diabetes Family Teamwork Online Intervention: Longitudinal Pilot Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Developmental Trends and Determinants of Physical Activity From Adolescence to Adulthood Differ by Ethnicity/Race and Sex.Journal of physical activity & health · 2018Article
- The baseline characteristics of parents and African American girls in an online obesity prevention program: A feasibility study.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Use of Relational Agents to Improve Family Communication in Type 1 Diabetes: Methods.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
- What serious video games can offer child obesity prevention.JMIR serious games · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundYoung African American girls have a high risk of obesity. Online behavior change programs promoting healthy diet and physical activity are convenient and may be effective for reducing disparities related to obesity. This report presents the protocol guiding the design and evaluation of a culturally and developmental appropriate online obesity prevention program for young African American girls. METHODS/
designThe Butterfly Girls and the Quest for Founder's Rock is an 8-episode online program delivered as an animated, interactive comic. The program promotes healthy diet and physical activity and is specifically designed for 8-10 year old African American girls. Girls, parents, and community representatives provided formative feedback on cultural relevance and developmental appropriateness. A three-group (treatment, comparison, wait-list control) randomized design (n=390 parent/child dyads) is employed, with child as the unit of assignment. Change in body mass index is the primary outcome; change in fruit and vegetable consumption, water, and physical activity are secondary outcomes. Data collection occurs at baseline, approximately 3 months after baseline (i.e., completion of the online program), and approximately three months later (i.e., maintenance assessment). Two dietary recalls are collected at each data collection period by trained interviewers using the Nutrient Data System for Research (NDSR 2012) system. Physical activity is objectively measured by seven days of accelerometry. Psychosocial and process data are also collected. Girls in the treatment and comparison groups will be interviewed at post 1 to obtain information on personal reactions to the program. DISCUSSION: This research will develop and evaluate the efficacy of an online program for reducing obesity risk among girls at risk of obesity and related diseases. Online programs offer the potential for wide dissemination, thus reducing disparities related to obesity.
trial registrationNCT01481948.
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