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Impact of parental weight status on a school‐based weight management programme designed for M exican– A merican children
Author(s) -
Moreno J. P.,
Johnston C. A.,
Hernandez D. C.,
LeNoble J.,
Papaioannou M. A.,
Foreyt J. P.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.226
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 2047-6310
pISSN - 2047-6302
DOI - 10.1111/ijpo.12066
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , weight management , body mass index , obesity , childhood obesity , repeated measures design , analysis of variance , randomized controlled trial , weight loss , intervention (counseling) , pediatrics , demography , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , sociology
Summary Background While overweight and obese children are more likely to have overweight or obese parents, less is known about the effect of parental weight status on children's success in weight management programmes. Objectives This study was a secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled trial and investigated the impact of having zero, one or two obese parents on children's success in a school‐based weight management programme. Methods Sixty‐one M exican– A merican children participated in a 24‐week school‐based weight management intervention which took place in 2005–2006. Children's heights and weights were measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. Parental weight status was assessed at baseline. Repeated measures anova and ancova were conducted to compare changes in children's weight within and between groups, respectively. Results Within‐group comparisons revealed that the intervention led to significant decreases in standardized body mass index ( zBMI ) for children with zero ( F = 23.16, P < .001) or one obese ( F = 4.99, P < .05) parent. Between‐group comparisons indicated that children with zero and one obese parents demonstrated greater decreases in zBMI compared to children with two obese parents at every time point. Conclusions The school‐based weight management programme appears to be most efficacious for children with one or no obese parents compared to children with two obese parents. These results demonstrate the need to consider parental weight status when engaging in childhood weight management efforts.