A positive deviance approach to early childhood obesity: cross-sectional characterization of positive outliers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Positive deviance methodology has been applied in the developing world to address childhood malnutrition and has potential for application to childhood obesity in the United States. We hypothesized that among children at high-risk for obesity, evaluating normal weight children will enable identification of positive outlier behaviors and practices.

Methods

In a community at high-risk for obesity, a cross-sectional mixed-methods analysis was done of normal weight, overweight, and obese children, classified by BMI percentile. Parents were interviewed using a semistructured format in regard to their children's general health, feeding and activity practices, and perceptions of weight.

Results

Interviews were conducted in 40 homes in the lower Rio Grande Valley in

SUBMITTER: Foster BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4484711 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature