Individualized tailor-made dietetic intervention program at schools enhances eating behaviors and dietary habits in obese Hispanic children of low socioeconomic status.

ABSTRACT:

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Hispanic children and those from low-socioeconomic status are predisposed to unhealthy eating habits and obesity.

Aim

to implement an individualized, face-to-face, parent supported, and school-partnership dietetic intervention to promote healthy eating habits and decrease body mass index. Prospective school year dietetic intervention of 101 obese, Hispanic, low-socioeconomic school-age children representative of Monterrey, Mexico, consisted of anthropometrics, dietetic assessment, energy-restriction tailor-made daily menus, and parental education every three weeks. Student's t-test was used for means comparison. A significant decrease was found in body mass index percentile (96.43 ± 3.32 to 93.42 ± 8.12/P = 0.00) and energy intake/day of -755.7 kcal/day (P = 0.00)

SUBMITTER: Elizondo-Montemayor L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925546 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature