A randomized clinical trial of the effects of parent mentors on early childhood obesity: Study design and baseline data

Contemporary Clinical Trials
Byron Alexander FosterDaniel E Hale

Abstract

Few effective community-based interventions exist for early childhood obesity. Parent mentors have been successful as an intervention for other conditions, but have not been used in childhood obesity. We designed an intervention for early childhood obesity using parent mentors and a positive outlier approach to assess potential efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability. This trial enrolled obese (≥ 95th BMI percentile for age and gender) 2-5-year-old children in a Head Start program and their parents, with allocation to either parent mentors trained in positively deviant behaviors regarding childhood obesity, or community health workers delivering health education on obesity-related behaviors. The primary outcome is body mass index z-score change at the six-month follow-up assessment. Secondary outcomes include feeding behaviors and practices, health-related quality of life, dietary intake, and participation levels. We enrolled three parent mentors and 60 parent-child dyads. The population is 100% Hispanic; 44% of parents speak Spanish as their primary language and 45% were not high-school graduates. Children had a reported median vegetable and fruit intake of 0.3 and 1.1 cups per day, respectively, at baseline, and a median dai...Continue Reading

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Jul 6, 2016·Journal of Obesity·Byron A FosterDaniel E Hale
Nov 8, 2016·The Journal of Pediatrics·Betty VohrRichard Tucker
Sep 15, 2017·Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association·B VohrR Tucker
Dec 19, 2016·International Journal of Pediatrics·Gabriela Abigail Villanueva, Byron Alexander Foster
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