Trial reportPediatrics2019
Two Family Interventions to Reduce BMI in Low-Income Urban Youth: A Randomized Trial.
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- The effect of psychological interventions targeting overweight and obesity in school-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Home-Delivered Pediatric Weight Management for Low-Income Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Outcomes of the linking exercise for advancing daily stress (LEADS) management and resilience randomized pilot trial in African American adolescents and families.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Trial
- The Results of the Families Improving Together (FIT) for Weight Loss Randomized Trial in Overweight African American Adolescents.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
- School-Based Secondary Obesity Prevention for Eight- to Twelve-Year-Olds: Results from the Students, Nurses, and Parents Seeking Healthy Options Together Randomized Trial.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2021Trial
- Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention Program: A Randomized Trial.Pediatrics · 2020Trial
- Characteristics of Combined Movement Behavior Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Tailoring in Pediatric Obesity Interventions.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
- Balancing nutrition and budgets: Socio-ecological impacts on nutritional environments of families with low incomes.Appetite · 2024Article
- Balancing nutrition and budgets: Socio-ecological impacts on nutritional environments of families with low incomes.Appetite · 2024Article
- Exploring the Association Between Trauma, Instability, and Youth Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes Over Three Years.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- From childhood obesity risk to healthy growth in the U.S.: A 10-year social work research & policy update.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Socioeconomic deprivation and cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with type 1 diabetes: T1D exchange clinic registry.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2023Article
- Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences Including Low Household Income and Peer Isolation With Obesity Among Japanese Adolescents: Results From A-CHILD Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effects of Parenting and Perceived Stress on BMI in African American Adolescents.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2021Article
- Applying the Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy to Four Multicomponent Childhood Obesity Interventions.Western journal of nursing research · 2021Article
- Child Health Behaviour and Parent Priorities for a School-Based Healthy Lifestyle Programme.Health education journal · 2021Article
- Impact of a community-based intervention on Latino grandparents' knowledge about and self-efficacy in supporting grandchildren's physical activities.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOur primary aim was to evaluate the effects of 2 family-based obesity management interventions compared with a control group on BMI in low-income adolescents with overweight or obesity.
methodsIn this randomized clinical trial, 360 urban-residing youth and a parent were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 behaviorally distinct family interventions or an education-only control group. Eligible children were entering the sixth grade with a BMI ≥85th percentile. Interventions were 3 years in length; data were collected annually for 3 years. Effects of the interventions on BMI slope (primary outcome) over 3 years and a set of secondary outcomes were assessed.
resultsParticipants were primarily African American (77%), had a family income of <25 000 per year, and obese at enrollment (68%). BMI increased over time in all study groups, with group increases ranging from 0.95 to 1.08. In an intent-to-treat analysis, no significant differences were found in adjusted BMI slopes between either of the family-based interventions and the control group (
conclusionsIn this low-income, adolescent population, neither of the family-based interventions improved BMI or health-related secondary outcomes. Future interventions should more fully address poverty and other social issues contributing to childhood obesity.
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