ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2017
Childhood obesity prevention in the women, infants, and children program: Outcomes of the MA-CORD study.
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- 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
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- Listening to the community: identifying obesity prevention strategies for rural preschool-aged children.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Evaluating the impact of community interventions on childhood obesity in populations living in low-income households in Los Angeles: A simulation study.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Multi-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Using Interactive Text Messaging to Improve Diet Quality and Increase Redemption of Foods Approved by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Protocol for a Cohort Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Consideration of Social Disadvantages for Understanding and Preventing Obesity in Children.Frontiers in public health · 2020Review
- Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Review
- Nutrition provider confidence in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Implementation of B'More Healthy Communities for Kids: process evaluation of a multi-level, multi-component obesity prevention intervention.Health education research · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the extent to which a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) intervention improved BMI z scores and obesity-related behaviors among children age 2 to 4 years.
methodsIn two Massachusetts communities, practice changes in WIC were implemented as part of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) initiative to prevent obesity among low-income children. One WIC program was the comparison. Changes in BMI z scores pre and post intervention and prevalence of obesity-related behaviors of WIC participants were assessed. Linear mixed models were used to examine BMI z score change, and logistic regression models were used to examine changes in obesity-related behaviors in each intervention site versus comparison over 2 years.
resultsWIC-enrolled children in both intervention sites (vs. comparison) had improved sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and sleep duration. Compared to the comparison WIC program (n = 626), no differences were observed in BMI z score among children in Intervention Site #1 (n = 198) or #2 (n = 637). In sensitivity analyses excluding Asian children, a small decline was observed in BMI z score (-0.08 units/y [95% confidence interval: -0.14 to -0.02], P = 0.01) in Intervention Site #2 versus comparison.
conclusionsAmong children enrolled in WIC, the MA-CORD intervention was associated with reduced prevalence of obesity risk factors in both intervention communities and a small improvement in BMI z scores in one of two intervention communities in non-Asian children.
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