TY - JOUR
T1 - Two-year follow-up results for Hip-Hop to Health Jr.
T2 - A randomized controlled trial for overweight prevention in preschool minority children
AU - Fitzgibbon, Marian L.
AU - Stolley, Melinda R.
AU - Schiffer, Linda
AU - Van Horn, Linda
AU - Kauferchristoffel, Katherine
AU - Dyer, Alan
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Grant HL58871).
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Objectives: To assess the impact of a culturally proficient dietary/physical activity intervention on changes in body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2). Study design: Randomized controlled trial (Hip-Hop to Health Jr.) conducted between September 1999 and June 2002 in 12 Head Start preschool programs in Chicago, Illinois. Results: Intervention children had significantly smaller increases in BMI compared with control children at 1-year follow-up, 0.06 vs 0.59 kg/m2; difference -0.53 kg/m2 (95% CI -0.91 to -0.14), P =. 01; and at 2-year follow-up, 0.54 vs 1.08 kg/m2; difference -0.54 kg/m2 (95% CI -0.98 to -0.10), P =. 02, with adjustment for baseline age and BMI. The only significant difference between intervention and control children in food intake/physical activity was the Year 1 difference in percent of calories from saturated fat, 11.6% vs 12.8% (P =. 002). Conclusions: Hip-Hop to Health Jr. was effective in reducing subsequent increases in BMI in preschool children. This represents a promising approach to prevention of overweight among minority children in the preschool years.
AB - Objectives: To assess the impact of a culturally proficient dietary/physical activity intervention on changes in body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2). Study design: Randomized controlled trial (Hip-Hop to Health Jr.) conducted between September 1999 and June 2002 in 12 Head Start preschool programs in Chicago, Illinois. Results: Intervention children had significantly smaller increases in BMI compared with control children at 1-year follow-up, 0.06 vs 0.59 kg/m2; difference -0.53 kg/m2 (95% CI -0.91 to -0.14), P =. 01; and at 2-year follow-up, 0.54 vs 1.08 kg/m2; difference -0.54 kg/m2 (95% CI -0.98 to -0.10), P =. 02, with adjustment for baseline age and BMI. The only significant difference between intervention and control children in food intake/physical activity was the Year 1 difference in percent of calories from saturated fat, 11.6% vs 12.8% (P =. 002). Conclusions: Hip-Hop to Health Jr. was effective in reducing subsequent increases in BMI in preschool children. This represents a promising approach to prevention of overweight among minority children in the preschool years.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.12.019
DO - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.12.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 15870664
AN - SCOPUS:18144397827
VL - 146
SP - 618
EP - 625
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
SN - 0022-3476
IS - 5
ER -