- Title
- Parent diet modification, child activity, or both in obese children: an RCT
- Creator
- Collins, Clare E.; Okely, Anthony D.; Morgan, Philip J.; Jones, Rachel A.; Burrows, Tracy L.; Cliff, Dylan P.; Colyvas, Kim; Warren, Janet M.; Steele, Julie R.; Baur, Louise A.
- Relation
- Pediatrics Vol. 127, Issue 4, p. 619-627
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-1518
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Objectives: Outcomes of childhood obesity interventions are rarely reported beyond 1 year. We hypothesized that the impact on the BMI z score from a child-centered physical-activity program in combination with a parent-centered dietary-modification program would be greater than either program conducted alone at 24 months' after baseline. Participants and methods: A total of 165 overweight prepubertal children (68 boys, aged 5.5–9.9 years, mean BMI z score: 2.8) were randomly assigned to either a child-centered physical-activity program, a parent-centered dietary-modification program, or both conducted together in an assessor-blinded 6-month intervention. Results: Using linear mixed models, all groups reduced their mean (95% confidence interval) BMI z score at 24 months from baseline (P < .001) (the activity and diet group: −0.24 [−0.35 to −0.13]; the diet-only group: −0.35 [−0.48 to −0.22]; activity-only group −0.19 [−0.30 to −0.07]). There was a significant group-by-time interaction (P = .04) with the activity + diet and the diet-only groups showing a greater reduction than the activity-only group. For waist z score and waist-to-height ratio, there was a significant time effect (P < .0001) at 24 months but no between-group differences (P > .05). Some metabolic outcomes improved at 24 months, although there were no between-group differences (P > .05). Conclusions: A reduction in BMI z score was sustained at 24 months by treatment with either program combination. The greatest effects were achieved through inclusion of a parent-centered diet program, indicating the importance of targeting parents within treatment and the possibility of targeting them exclusively in treating obese prepubertal children.
- Subject
- pediatrics; weight loss; intervention studies; diet therapy; exercise; exercise movement techniques; randomized controlled trial; parents
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/936868
- Identifier
- uon:12428
- Identifier
- ISSN:0031-4005
- Language
- eng
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