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. 2024 May 13:68.
doi: 10.29219/fnr.v68.9582. eCollection 2024.

Effect of a family-based lifestyle intervention on weight reduction among Jordanian children with obesity aged 6-9 years

Ayman K Bani Salameh  1 , Mamdouh El-Hneiti  2 , Omar S H Al Omari  3 , Mohamed AlBashtawy  4 , Savvato Karavasileiadou  5 , Yasmine Alabbasi  6 , Khlood Saleh Bubshait  7 , Malakeh Z Malak  8
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Effect of a family-based lifestyle intervention on weight reduction among Jordanian children with obesity aged 6-9 years

Ayman K Bani Salameh et al. Food Nutr Res. .

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a family-based lifestyle intervention on reducing body weight among Jordanian children with obesity aged 6-9 years old. The pretest-posttest control group design was conducted among 162 children (75 in the intervention group and 87 in the control group) with obesity aged 6-9 years old at four primary schools in Jordan during the period from March 2021 to July 2021. The results found that, after the intervention, there was a statistically significant change in the F scores in the control group vs. in the intervention group (M = 37.07, SD = 2.77; M = 33.48, SD = 2.73; t (160) = 8.29, P < 0.001), where the mean BMI percentile was reduced by 2.05 in the intervention group. A significant difference was demonstrated in the median BMI percentile in the intervention and control groups post-intervention (P < 0.001). A significant difference was also noticed between the average weekly reported dietary habits and the physical activities of both the control group and the intervention group post-intervention. The findings support the effect of family-based lifestyle interventions. Healthcare providers should adopt such interventions for children living with obesity. Future study is required to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of this intervention on weight reduction.

Keywords: children; dietary habits; family-based intervention; obesity; physical activity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest and funding. This research was funded by Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2024R390), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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