Family-based hip-hop to health: outcome results. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013 Feb;21(2):274-83
Date
03/28/2013Pubmed ID
23532990Pubmed Central ID
PMC3465637DOI
10.1002/oby.20269Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84876288125 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 76 CitationsAbstract
OBJECTIVE: This pilot study tested the feasibility of Family-Based Hip-Hop to Health, a school-based obesity prevention intervention for 3-5-year-old Latino children and their parents, and estimated its effectiveness in producing smaller average changes in BMI at 1-year follow-up.
DESIGN AND METHODS: Four Head Start preschools administered through the Chicago Public Schools were randomly assigned to receive a Family-Based Intervention (FBI) or a General Health Intervention (GHI).
RESULTS: Parents signed consent forms for 147 of the 157 children enrolled. Both the school-based and family-based components of the intervention were feasible, but attendance for the parent intervention sessions was low. Contrary to expectations, a downtrend in BMI Z-score was observed in both the intervention and control groups.
CONCLUSIONS: While the data reflect a downward trend in obesity among these young Hispanic children, obesity rates remained higher at 1-year follow-up (15%) than those reported by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009-2010) for 2-5-year-old children (12.1%). Developing evidence-based strategies for obesity prevention among Hispanic families remains a challenge.
Author List
Fitzgibbon ML, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Kong A, Braunschweig CL, Gomez-Perez SL, Odoms-Young A, Van Horn L, Christoffel KK, Dyer ARAuthor
Melinda Stolley PhD Center Associate Director, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultBody Mass Index
Chicago
Child, Preschool
Diet
Feasibility Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Guidelines as Topic
Health Promotion
Humans
Male
Motor Activity
Nutrition Surveys
Obesity
Pilot Projects
Schools
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Television
