Identification of Measurement Needs to Prevent Childhood Obesity in High-Risk Populations and Environments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Children at highest obesity risk include those from certain racial/ethnic groups, from low-income families, with disabilities, or living in high-risk communities. However, a 2013 review of the National Collaborative for Childhood Obesity Research Measures Registry identified few measures focused on children at highest obesity risk. The objective is to (1) identify individual and environmental measures of diet and physical activity added to the Measures Registry since 2013 used among high-risk populations or settings and (2) describe methods for their development, adaptation, or validation.

Methods

Investigators screened references in the Measures Registry from January 2013 to September 2017 (n=351) and abstracted information about individual and environmental me

SUBMITTER: Foti KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8722431 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature