Projecting the impact of hypothetical early life interventions on adiposity in children living in low-income households.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing early childhood obesity using randomized trials. Objective To illustrate how observational data can be analysed using causal inference methods to estimate the potential impact of behavioural 'interventions' on early childhood adiposity. Methods We used longitudinal data from 1054 children 1-5 years old enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children and followed (WIC) from 2008 to 2010 for a mean duration of 23 months. The data came from a random sample of WIC families living in Los Angeles County in 2008. We used the parametric g-formula to estimate the impact of various hypothetical behavioural interventions. Results Adjusted mean weight-for-height Z

SUBMITTER: Nianogo RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290222 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature