Raising Well at Home: a pre-post feasibility study of a lifestyle intervention for caregivers and their child with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few efficacious pediatric obesity interventions have been successfully translated and sustained in real-world practice, often due to inadequate fit with the priorities of under-resourced populations. Lifestyle interventions, which incorporate tailoring of essential weight loss ingredients and adaptation of mode and intensity to the living circumstances of children with obesity, are needed. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of a tailored lifestyle intervention for caregivers and their children with obesity, conducted in partnership with Envolve, Inc., a family of comprehensive health solutions and wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation.

Methods

This 6-month pilot study employed a pretest-posttest design to assess the i

SUBMITTER: Haire-Joshu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7541221 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature