A randomized home-based childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention has favourable effects on parental body composition: preliminary evidence from the Guelph Family Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home-based lifestyle behaviour interventions show promise for treating and preventing childhood obesity. According to family theories, engaging the entire family unit, including parents, to change their family behaviour and dynamics may be necessary to prevent the development of childhood obesity. However, little is known about how these interventions, which may change the family dynamics and weight-related behaviours of parents, affect weight outcomes in parents. Our objective was to examine the effect of a pilot home-based childhood obesity prevention intervention on measures of anthropometrics and body composition in Canadian parents.

Methods

Forty-four families with children aged 1.5-5 years were randomized to one of three groups: 4 home visits with a health e

SUBMITTER: Krystia O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398255 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature