A Randomized Trial of Weight Change in a National Home Visiting Program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical trials have demonstrated significant impact in reducing weight and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the intensity of these trials limits their scalability to real world settings. The purpose of this study was to embed a lifestyle intervention for overweight and obese mothers within the routine practice of a parent education, home visiting organization.

Design

Pragmatic trial that used a stratified random design.

Setting/participants

Overweight or obese mothers of preschool children located across St. Louis, Missouri, enrolled in Parents As Teachers, a home visiting organization reaching women and children nationwide.

Intervention

A lifestyle intervention derived from the Diabetes Prevention Program was embedded within Parent

SUBMITTER: Haire-Joshu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826618 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature