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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2013 Feb;21(2):274-83.
doi: 10.1002/oby.20269.

Family-based hip-hop to health: outcome results

Marian L Fitzgibbon  1 , Melinda R Stolley, Linda Schiffer, Angela Kong, Carol L Braunschweig, Sandra L Gomez-Perez, Angela Odoms-Young, Linda Van Horn, Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, Alan R Dyer
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Family-based hip-hop to health: outcome results

Marian L Fitzgibbon et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Feb.

Abstract

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.

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Recruitment, enrollment, and retention, Family-Based Hip-Hop to Health a Follow-up was considered complete if the child’s height and weight were measured. b Only children with follow-up data were included in the primary analysis.
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