Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2015
Shape Up Somerville: change in parent body mass indexes during a child-targeted, community-based environmental change intervention.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review on community-based interventions targeting prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of economic evidence for community-based obesity prevention interventions in children.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of a multilevel childhood obesity prevention intervention on healthful food acquisition, preparation, and fruit and vegetable consumption on African-American adult caregivers.Public health nutrition · 2019Trial
- Effects of a Family-Based Childhood Obesity Treatment Program on Parental Weight Status.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Childhood obesity and comorbidities-related perspective and experience of parents from Black and Asian minority ethnicities in England: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Spillover Effects of a Family-Based Childhood Weight-Management Intervention on Parental Nutrient Biomarkers and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- The indirect effects of food insecurity on obesogenic environments.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A whole system approach to increasing children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic UK city: a process evaluation protocol.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Shape Up Somerville's return on investment: Multi-group exposure generates net-benefits in a child obesity intervention.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Design and evaluation of a coalition-led obesity initiative to promote healthy eating and physical activity in low-income, ethnically diverse communities: the Go! Austin/Vamos! Austin initiative.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2019Article
- Implementation of B'More Healthy Communities for Kids: process evaluation of a multi-level, multi-component obesity prevention intervention.Health education research · 2018Article
- The relationship between community nutritionists' use of policy, systems and environmental strategies to prevent obesity and its determinants depends on networking.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- The Obesity Prevention Initiative: A Statewide Effort to Improve Child Health in Wisconsin.WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin · 2016Article
- "Whole-of-Community" Obesity Prevention: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities in Multilevel, Multicomponent Interventions.Current obesity reports · 2016Review
- Substantial improvements not seen in health behaviors following corner store conversions in two Latino food swamps.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Play it forward! A community-based participatory research approach to childhood obesity prevention.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2016Article
- Grappling With Complex Food Systems to Reduce Obesity: A US Public Health Challenge.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe investigated the body mass index (BMI; weight in pounds/[height in inches](2) × 703) of parents whose children participated in Shape Up Somerville (SUS), a community-based participatory research study that altered household, school, and community environments to prevent and reduce childhood obesity.
methodsSUS was a nonrandomized controlled trial with 30 participating elementary schools in 3 Massachusetts communities that occurred from 2002 to 2005. It included first-, second-, and third-grade children. We used an inverse probability weighting estimator adjusted for clustering effects to isolate the influence of SUS on parent (n=478) BMI. The model's dependent variable was the change in pre- and postintervention parent BMI.
resultsSUS was significantly associated with decreases in parent BMIs. SUS decreased treatment parents' BMIs by 0.411 points (95% confidence interval=-0.725, -0.097) relative to control parents.
conclusionsThe benefits of a community-based environmental change childhood obesity intervention can spill over to parents, resulting in decreased parental BMI. Further research is warranted to examine the effects of this type of intervention on parental health behaviors and health outcomes.
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