ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Effectiveness of a Multisector Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention.
Article in American journal of public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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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
- Relationship between child opportunity index and body mass indexFrontiers in adolescent medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among African American Children and Adolescents: Risk Factors, Health Outcomes, and Prevention/Intervention Strategies.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Review
- A Practical Screening Tool to Predict Early Childhood Obesity Risk: Examining a Birth Cohort.Clinical pediatrics · 2021Article
- Social vulnerabilities as risk factor of childhood obesity development and their role in prevention programs.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Review
- Consideration of Social Disadvantages for Understanding and Preventing Obesity in Children.Frontiers in public health · 2020Review
- Post-2000 growth trajectories in children aged 4-11 years: A review and quantitative analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate racial/ethnic and language differences in the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study among children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
methodsWe performed a multisector quasiexperimental study in 2 MA-CORD intervention communities and 1 comparison community. Using WIC data from 2010 to 2015, we examined intervention effect on child weight and behavior outcomes by child race/ethnicity and parental primary language using multilevel linear regression models with an interaction term.
resultsNon-Hispanic Black children exposed to the intervention demonstrated a greater decrease in body mass index (BMI) than did other children (P < .05). Racial/ethnic minority children in the comparison site had greater increases in BMI than did their White counterparts (P < .05). There were no differences in intervention effectiveness by race/ethnicity or language for health behaviors.
conclusionsWhite children demonstrated decreased BMI in both the intervention and control groups. However, intervention minority children demonstrated greater improvements in BMI than did control minority children. Public Health Implications. To reduce racial/ethnic disparities, we need to disseminate effective obesity prevention interventions during early childhood in low-income settings.
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