Public health nutrition
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Public health nutrition · Oct 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialThe Healthy Children, Strong Families intervention promotes improvements in nutrition, activity and body weight in American Indian families with young children.
American Indian children of pre-school age have disproportionally high obesity rates and consequent risk for related diseases. Healthy Children, Strong Families was a family-based randomized trial assessing the efficacy of an obesity prevention toolkit delivered by a mentor v. mailed delivery that was designed and administered using community-based participatory research approaches. ⋯ Although no effect of delivery method was demonstrated, toolkit exposure positively affected adult and child health. The intervention was well received by community partners; a more comprehensive intervention is currently underway based on these findings.