Open AccessFeasibility and Benefits of a Parent-Focused Preschool Child Obesity Intervention
Author(s) -
Elizabeth L. McGarvey,
Adrienne Keller,
Mena Forrester,
Erin Williams,
Donna Seward,
David E. Suttle
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.9.1490
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medicine , child obesity , obesity , childhood obesity , environmental health , behavior change , family medicine , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , gerontology , psychology , overweight , psychiatry , pathology
This field study tested the feasibility and benefits of a program to promote 6 targeted parental behaviors to prevent obesity in children served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).