Trial reportJournal of primary care & community health2016
Elementary School-Based Obesity Intervention Using an Educational Curriculum.
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- School-Based Homework Interventions for Improving 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based approaches for reduction of sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Healthy Nutrition Intervention Programs in Kindergarten and Primary Education.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of multilevel interventions based on socio-ecological model to decrease sedentary time in children: a systematic review of controlled studies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled 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
- School-Based Intervention Programs for Preventing Obesity and Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- The Gut Microbiome in Human Obesity: A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The Association Between Parent and Child ACEs is Buffered by Forgiveness of Others and Self-Forgiveness.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015-2021.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- The Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions on Obesity-Related Behaviours in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Pediatric Obesity Encounter: Literature and Resources to Help with 4 Common Issues.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
- The Effectiveness of a Family-Centered Childhood Obesity Intervention at the YMCA: A Pilot Study.Journal of community medicine & health education · 2018Article
- Childhood Obesity: An Evidence-Based Approach to Family-Centered Advice and Support.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPediatric obesity is a significant public health problem with a prevalence of 16.9% among US children. School-based obesity interventions show promise for reducing adiposity in elementary age children. This pilot study evaluated the impact of the Let's Go! 5-2-1-0 pediatric obesity intervention program in an elementary school setting.
methodsThis was a cluster randomized controlled field trial comprising 8 classrooms of second- and third-grade children. The impact of implementation of a standardized 5-2-1-0 curriculum was evaluated in the classrooms by looking at health behavior (self-reported fruit and vegetable and sugar-containing beverage intake, and screen time), physical activity (steps measured by pedometer), and body mass index (BMI). Half of the classrooms were given 5-2-1-0 teaching over a 4-month period.
resultsThere was no statistical difference in improvement of healthy habits, BMI, or physical activity in the intervention group compared with the control group.
conclusionsThe 5-2-1-0 intervention used in this study was feasible. There was no significant change in healthy habits, likely due to the small number of participants in the study. The intervention and control sites were in different classrooms and there could be factors such as teacher enthusiasm, socioeconomic factors, and individual traits affecting habits. Future studies could use pre- and post-intervention quizzes to assess healthy habits knowledge retention, involving the environments the child participates in outside of school, using research-grade pedometers or accelerometers for measuring activity data collection, and recruiting larger samples to ensure adequate statistical power.
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