"Greenlight study": a controlled trial of low-literacy, early childhood obesity prevention.

ABSTRACT: Children who become overweight by age 2 years have significantly greater risks of long-term health problems, and children in low-income communities, where rates of low adult literacy are highest, are at increased risk of developing obesity. The objective of the Greenlight Intervention Study is to assess the effectiveness of a low-literacy, primary-care intervention on the reduction of early childhood obesity. At 4 primary-care pediatric residency training sites across the US, 865 infant-parent dyads were enrolled at the 2-month well-child checkup and are being followed through the 24-month well-child checkup. Two sites were randomly assigned to the intervention, and the other sites were assigned to an attention-control arm, implementing the American Academy of Pediatrics' The Injury Preven

SUBMITTER: Sanders LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035594 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature