Kids and adults now! Defeat Obesity (KAN-DO): rationale, design and baseline characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of childhood obesity is a public health priority. Parents influence a child's weight by modeling healthy behaviors, controlling food availability and activity opportunities, and appropriate feeding practices. Thus interventions should target education and behavioral change in the parent, and positive, mutually reinforcing behaviors within the family.

Methods

This paper presents the design, rationale and baseline characteristics of Kids and Adults Now! - Defeat Obesity (KAN-DO), a randomized controlled behavioral intervention trial targeting weight maintenance in children of healthy weight, and weight reduction in overweight children. 400 children aged 2-5 and their overweight or obese mothers in the Triangle and Triad regions of North Carolina are rando

SUBMITTER: Ostbye T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3087307 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature