Impact of a community-based pilot intervention to tackle childhood obesity: a 'whole-system approach' case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Go-Golborne was a three-year pilot programme to test an innovative, community-based 'whole system' approach to preventing overweight in children in Golborne ward, London. Whilst there is a growing interest in local whole systems approaches to obesity, understandings of what they look like in practice are newly emerging. Go-Golborne was designed, implemented and evaluated within this context.

Methods

The evaluation used a case-study design and theory of change approach to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. Height/weight measurements of children in the six participating primary schools were recorded annually for 4 years. For behavioural outcomes, children aged six-11 completed four annual on-line surveys (total 4331 responses). Parents were surveyed in ye

SUBMITTER: Gadsby EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708136 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature