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Trial reportPreventive medicine2016

CHILE: Outcomes of a group randomized controlled trial of an intervention to prevent obesity in preschool Hispanic and American Indian children.

Sally M Davis, Orrin B Myers, Theresa H Cruz, Alexandra B Morshed, Glenda F Canaca, Patricia C Keane, Elena R O'Donald

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Trial report in Preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  9. Policy, system, and environmental interventions addressing obesity and diet-related outcomes in early childhood education settings: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023
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  16. Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sally M DavisPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States. Electronic address: sdavis@salud.unm.edu.
Orrin B MyersDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Theresa H CruzPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Alexandra B MorshedPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Glenda F CanacaPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Patricia C KeanePrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Elena R O'DonaldPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE)R01DK072958 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI DAVIS, SALLY M · 2006 to 2010
$3.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK072958
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe examined the outcomes of the Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) study, a group randomized controlled trial to design, implement, and test the efficacy of a trans-community intervention to prevent obesity in children enrolled in Head Start centers in rural American Indian and Hispanic communities in New Mexico.

methodsCHILE was a 5-year evidence-based intervention that used a socioecological approach to improving dietary intake and increasing physical activity of 1898 children. The intervention included a classroom curriculum, teacher and food service training, family engagement, grocery store participation, and healthcare provider support. Height and weight measurements were obtained four times (fall of 2008, spring and fall of 2009, and spring of 2010), and body mass index (BMI) z-scores in the intervention and comparison groups were compared.

resultsAt baseline, demographic characteristics in the comparison and intervention groups were similar, and 33% of all the children assessed were obese or overweight. At the end of the intervention, there was no significant difference between the two groups in BMI z-scores.

conclusionsObesity prevention research among Hispanic and AI preschool children in rural communities is challenging and complex. Although the CHILE intervention was implemented successfully, changes in overweight and obesity may take longer than 2years to achieve.

Indexed as

Body Mass IndexChild, PreschoolExerciseFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansIndians, North AmericanLongitudinal StudiesMaleNew MexicoObesityParentsRural PopulationSchoolsAmerican IndianBMI z-scoreChildhood obesityHispanicInterventionRural

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PMID27222162
PMCPMC4969221
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