ArticleContemporary clinical trials2021
Universal childhood obesity prevention in a rural community: Study design, methods and baseline participant characteristics of the NU-HOME randomized controlled trial.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Food Environment and Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of consumers and health providers working in partnership on health services planning, delivery and evaluation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Home-Delivered Pediatric Weight Management for Low-Income Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Parent Weight, Diet, Active Living, and Food-Related Outcomes of the Family-Focused:NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial: NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Trial
- Associations of parent dietary role modeling with children's diet quality in a rural setting: Baseline data from the NU-HOME study.Appetite · 2022Trial
- Are patterns of family evening meal practices associated with child and parent diet quality and weight-related outcomes?Appetite · 2022Trial
- Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: a randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Exploring Associations of Household Chaos and Child Health Behaviors in Rural Families.American journal of health behavior · 2022Trial
- Insights Into Rural Youth Physical Activity: The Role of Micro- and Macro-Level Environments.Family & community healthTrial
- Home Availability of Different Forms of Fruits and Vegetables and Parent/Child Diet by Income: Findings from 4 Studies.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2025Article
- From Free Play to Farm Chores: Using the Youth Compendium to Characterize Physical Activity Behaviors Among Rural Children.Health promotion practice · 2025Article
- Use of a systematic process to improve the utility of a home food environment audit tool.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity and Changes in Diet Quality and Body Mass Index z-Scores Among Elementary School Students.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- Parent meal self-efficacy and practices in households with healthy home food environments in the face of economic hardship.Appetite · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity and Parent Feeding Practices in Urban and Rural Children Ages 7-12 years.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2023Article
- A novel method to map community- and neighborhood-level access to rural physical activity built environments in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Family Characteristics Associated with Preparing and Eating More Family Evening Meals at Home.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Article
- Differences by School Location in Summer and School Monthly Weight Change: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Family-focused obesity prevention program implementation in urban versus rural communities: a case study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Childhood obesity is a major health concern in the United States (US) and those living in rural communities are at higher risk than their urban counterparts. Few prevention trials have engaged whole families of school-age children in community settings, and none to date have promoted family meals, family activity and healthful home environments in rural settings through a rigorous, randomized controlled trial (RCT). The New Ulm at HOME (NU-HOME) study recruited 114 parent/child dyads in a two-arm (intervention versus wait-list control) RCT to test the efficacy of a family meals-focused program aimed to prevent excess weight gain among 7-10 year-old children in rural Minnesota. The NU-HOME program was adapted from a previously tested program for urban families through a unique community collaboration. The program included 7 monthly in-person sessions for all family members. Parents also participated in 4 motivational goal-setting phone calls. The primary outcome measures were age- and sex-adjusted child body mass index (BMI) z-score, percent body fat, and incidence of overweight and obesity post-intervention. Secondary outcomes included quality of food and beverage availability in the home; family meals and snacks; children's dietary intake quality (e.g., Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015, fruits and vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks); and children's screen time and weekly minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, total physical activity, and sedentary behavior. The NU-HOME RCT was a collaborative effort of academic and health system researchers, interventionists and community leaders that aimed to prevent childhood obesity in rural communities through engagement of the whole family in an interactive intervention.
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