Successful outcomes in childrens specialist weight management: Impact assessment of a novel early years weight management programme
| Autor: | Natasha Sauven, Louise P. Tee, Ian Frampton, Lia Clarke, Rachael A. Brandreth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology
Pediatric Obesity Nutrition and Dietetics Calorie Contact time business.industry Impact assessment Medicine (miscellaneous) Feeding Behavior Overweight medicine.disease Social issues Obesity Body Mass Index Weight Reduction Programs Intervention (counseling) Child Preschool Weight management medicine Humans medicine.symptom business Child Life Style |
| Zdroj: | Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic AssociationREFERENCES. 34(5) |
| ISSN: | 1365-277X |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND In the UK, more than one in five children are overweight on starting school. An elevated body mass index (BMI) in childhood increases the likelihood of developing many health and social issues. The Lifestyles, Eating and Activity for Families (LEAF) programme is a weight management service for clinically obese children under the age of 7 years and their families. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the LEAF programme by measuring BMI z-score change, the reduction in calorific beverage consumption and user satisfaction. METHODS Data were collected over 6 years from 2012 and children who met the local weight management pathway criteria were recruited. Contact time was typically 20 h over 12 months and included home and clinic-based assessment by the multidisciplinary team and community-based intervention through six group sessions. This study compared baseline and post-intervention BMI z-scores (zBMI) for 65 children, as well as daily total calorific intakes from beverages for 41 children, and, in addition, 20 parents completed user satisfaction questionnaires. RESULTS There was a highly significant reduction in both mean zBMI (0.5; p |
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