Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2015
A randomized clinical trial of the effects of parent mentors on early childhood obesity: Study design and baseline data.
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- Enablers of successful dissemination of uncommon practices in positive deviance studies for nutrition: A scoping review.BMC nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2-5 Years of Age, 2005-2019.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Pooled it
- Community Health Workers in Schools: A Systematic Review.Academic pediatricsPooled it
- Extreme Preterm Infant Rates of Overweight and Obesity at School Age in the SUPPORT Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Cohort.The Journal of pediatrics · 2018Trial
- Two Pilot Randomized Trials To Examine Feasibility and Impact of Treated Parents as Peer Interventionists in Family-Based Pediatric Weight Management.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2017Trial
- A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity.Journal of obesity · 2016Trial
- Characterization of the Stool Microbiome in Hispanic Preschool Children by Weight Status and Time.Childhood obesity (Print)Trial
- Improving access to first-line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
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- What matters most - what parents model or what parents eat?Appetite · 2018Article
- Effects of a transition home program on preterm infant emergency room visits within 90 days of discharge.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Article
- Factors Associated with Successful Mentoring of Parents Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach.International journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew effective community-based interventions exist for early childhood obesity. Parent mentors have been successful as an intervention for other conditions, but have not been used in childhood obesity. We designed an intervention for early childhood obesity using parent mentors and a positive outlier approach to assess potential efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability.
methodsThis trial enrolled obese (≥ 95th BMI percentile for age and gender) 2-5-year-old children in a Head Start program and their parents, with allocation to either parent mentors trained in positively deviant behaviors regarding childhood obesity, or community health workers delivering health education on obesity-related behaviors. The primary outcome is body mass index z-score change at the six-month follow-up assessment. Secondary outcomes include feeding behaviors and practices, health-related quality of life, dietary intake, and participation levels.
resultsWe enrolled three parent mentors and 60 parent-child dyads. The population is 100% Hispanic; 44% of parents speak Spanish as their primary language and 45% were not high-school graduates. Children had a reported median vegetable and fruit intake of 0.3 and 1.1 cups per day, respectively, at baseline, and a median daily screen time of three hours. There was no intergroup difference in quality-of-life scores at baseline. Retention has been high, at 90% in three months.
conclusionsIn this randomized trial of the effects of parent mentors on early childhood obesity, parent-child dyads from an underserved, Hispanic population were successfully enrolled through a partnership with a Head Start organization, with a high retention rate.
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