Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2023
Real-world effectiveness of the Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of parental-involved physical activity and nutrition interventions for young adolescents aged 10-13 years: a meta-analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Testing Implementation Strategies for a Family Healthy Weight Program: Results From the Nebraska Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration 3.0 Pilot Trial.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2023Trial
- Neighborhood-Level Variation in the Effectiveness of Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment for Pediatric Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Promoting palliative care for people with heart failure: the P3HF study protocol.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Building Healthy Families: Outcomes of an Adapted Family Healthy Weight Program Among Children in a Rural Mid-Western Community.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- Improving access to first-line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Review
- A co-designed, community-based intensive health behavior intervention promotes participation and engagement in youth with risk factors for type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to examine the extent to which Bright Bodies, a high-intensity, family-based pediatric weight management intervention, improved BMI for participants since publication of the randomized controlled trial establishing efficacy in 2007 and to describe adaptations to the program.
methodsFor participants enrolled from 2008 to 2018, linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate monthly change in BMI expressed as percentage of the 95th percentile (%BMIp95) during participants' first beginner-level program.
resultsThe sample included 396 youth individuals (mean age: 11.7 [SD 2.8] years, 61.6% female, 37.1% non-Hispanic Black, 26.3% Hispanic or Latino, 53.8% with public insurance, 80.1% with severe obesity). Across the 11 years, participants' %BMIp95 reduced on average by 1.63% (95% CI: 1.44%-1.82%) per month during their first program (mean duration: 10 weeks) after adjusting for age, sex, season and year, starting %BMIp95, race and ethnicity, and insurance category. Greater reduction in %BMIp95 was associated with male versus female sex, spring/fall versus winter seasons, enrollment in 2008 to 2018 versus 2015 to 2018, and higher starting %BMIp95 (p value for all <0.001). Adaptations since 2007 included pragmatic changes to increase engagement and address funding shortages.
conclusionsThese results suggest sustained clinical effectiveness of Bright Bodies in the context of real-world adaptations.
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