NOURISH-T: Targeting caregivers to improve health behaviors in pediatric cancer survivors with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity rates in pediatric cancer survivors (PCS) are alarmingly high. Although healthy lifestyle changes may prevent future health complications, promoting healthy behaviors in PCS is challenging, and few interventions have successfully addressed this issue.

Procedure

This randomized control trial evaluated the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a parent-focused six-session intervention, NOURISH-T (Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health for Healthy Transitions), compared with enhanced usual care (EUC) on the outcomes of caregiver and PCS anthropometric measurements, eating behaviors, and physical activity. Behavioral and self-report assessments of caregivers and PCS in both conditions were conducted at baseline, post

SUBMITTER: Stern M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5867222 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature