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ArticleNutrients2019

Waist Circumference and Healthy Lifestyle Preferences/Knowledge Monitoring in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Program.

Marco Poeta, Rossella Lamberti, Dario Di Salvio, Grazia Massa, Nives Torsiello, Luca Pierri, Anna Pia Delli Bovi, Laura Di Michele, Salvatore Guercio Nuzio, Pietro Vajro

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Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 4 of them syntheses that 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  5. From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  6. Development of obesity from childhood to adolescents.Pediatric endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Marco PoetaPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. po3ta.89@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7515-1394
Rossella LambertiPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. rossella.lamberti@hotmail.it.
Dario Di SalvioPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. darius.89@hotmail.it.
Grazia MassaPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. graziamassa39@gmail.com.
Nives TorsielloPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. nives.torsiello@hotmail.it.
Luca PierriPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. luca.pierri90@gmail.com.
Anna Pia Delli BoviPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. delliboviannapia@gmail.com.
Laura Di MichelePediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. lauradimichele93@gmail.com.
Salvatore Guercio NuzioPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. sguercio.nuzio@gmail.com.
Pietro VajroPediatrics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. pvajro@unisa.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9418-5880

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weight and body mass index (BMI) changes appear to be poor measures for assessing the success of most pediatric obesity prevention programs (POPP). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the preschool-age prevention program (3P) in improving and maintaining overtime preschoolers' knowledge/preferences about healthy nutrition and physical activity (PA), and the relationship between acquired healthy behaviors and anthropometrics including waist circumference (WC). Twenty-five preschoolers underwent a 24-month healthy lifestyle multi-component pilot intervention followed by a one-year wash-out period; 25 age-matched served as controls. Anthropometric/behavioral data were monitored. After the 2-year study and wash-out, the rates of children overweight and with obesity decreased only in the intervention group, where, also, normal-weight children with visceral obesity attained WC normal values (

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Food PreferencesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealthy LifestyleWaist CircumferenceAnthropometryBody Mass IndexBody WeightChild, PreschoolDiet, MediterraneanFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMalePediatric ObesityPilot ProjectsProgram Evaluationchildrenfood knowledgefood preferenceshealthy programobesityoverweightphysical activitypreschoolerspreventionwaist circumference

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PMID31500234
PMCPMC6769722

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