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Observational studyPreventing chronic disease2020

Association of Multisetting Community Programs and Policies With Child Body Mass Index: The Healthy Communities Study.

Vicki L Collie-Akers, Stephen B Fawcett, Jerry A Schultz, Kandace K Fleming, Rebecca E Swinburne Romine, Lorrene D Ritchie, Edward A Frongillo, S Sonia Arteaga

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Observational study in Preventing chronic disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Vicki L Collie-AkersDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Stephen B FawcettCenter for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Jerry A SchultzCenter for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Kandace K FlemingUniversity of Kansas, Life Span Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
Rebecca E Swinburne RomineUniversity of Kansas, Life Span Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
Lorrene D RitchieNutrition Policy Institute, Division of Agriculture and National Resources, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Edward A FrongilloDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
S Sonia ArteagaOffice of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
University of Kansas · USOffice of the Director · USUniversity of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources · USUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201000041C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionExpert opinion suggests that efforts to address childhood obesity should seek to transform the environments in which children operate. The objective of this study was to describe the extent to which multisetting programs and policies interact with community and child predictors and are associated with child body mass index (BMI) in the 130 US communities participating in the Healthy Communities Study.

methodsFor 2 years beginning in fall 2013, we collected data through key informant interviews on community programs and policies related to healthy weight among children that occurred in the 10 years before the interview. We characterized community programs and policies by intensity of efforts and the number of settings in which a program or policy was implemented. Child height and weight were measured during household data collection. We used multilevel modeling to examine associations of community programs and policies in multiple settings and child and community predictors with BMI z scores of children.

resultsThe mean number of settings in which community policies and programs were implemented was 7.3 per community. Of 130 communities, 31 (23.8%) implemented community programs and policies in multiple settings. Higher-intensity community programs and policies were associated with lower BMI in communities that used multiple settings but not in communities that implemented programs and policies in few settings.

conclusionEfforts to prevent childhood obesity may be more effective when community programs and policies are both intensive and are implemented in multiple settings in which children live, learn, and play.

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Health PolicyBody Mass IndexChildChild, PreschoolExerciseFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMalePediatric ObesityPublic HealthResidence Characteristics

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PMID32379597
PMCPMC7207048
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