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Service evaluation of the GOALS family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention during the first 3?years of implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of the GOALS (Getting Our Active Lifestyles Started) family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention during the first 3?years of implementation.

Design

Single-group repeated measures with qualitative questionnaires.

Setting

Community venues in a socioeconomically deprived, urban location in the North-West of England.

Participants

70 overweight or obese children (mean age 10.5?years, 46% boys) and their parents/carers who completed GOALS between September 2006 and March 2009.

Interventions

GOALS was a childhood obesity treatment intervention that drew on social cognitive theory to promote whole family lifestyle change. Sessions covered physical activity (PA), diet and behaviour change over 18 2?h weekly group sessions (lasting approximately 6?months). A Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist of intervention components is provided.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was child body mass index (BMI) z-score, collected at baseline, post-intervention and 12?months. Secondary outcome measures were child self-perceptions, parent/carer BMI and qualitative changes in family diet and PA (parent/carer questionnaire).

Results

Child BMI z-score reduced by 0.07 from baseline to post-intervention (p<0.001) and was maintained at 12?months (p<0.05). There was no change in parent/carer BMI or child self-perceptions, other than an increase in perceived social acceptance from baseline to post-intervention (p<0.05). Parents/carers reported positive changes to family PA and dietary behaviours after completing GOALS.

Conclusions

GOALS completion was associated with small improvements in child BMI z-score and improved family PA and dietary behaviours. Several intervention modifications were necessary during the implementation period and it is suggested childhood obesity treatment interventions need time to embed before a definitive evaluation is conducted. Researchers are urged to use the TIDieR checklist to ensure transparent reporting of interventions and facilitate the translation of evidence to practice.

SUBMITTER: Watson PM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322210 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Service evaluation of the GOALS family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention during the first 3 years of implementation.

Watson Paula M PM Dugdill Lindsey L Pickering Katie K Owen Stephanie S Hargreaves Jackie J Staniford Leanne J LJ Murphy Rebecca C RC Knowles Zoe Z Cable N Timothy NT

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<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the impact of the GOALS (Getting Our Active Lifestyles Started) family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention during the first 3 years of implementation.<h4>Design</h4>Single-group repeated measures with qualitative questionnaires.<h4>Setting</h4>Community venues in a socioeconomically deprived, urban location in the North-West of England.<h4>Participants</h4>70 overweight or obese children (mean age 10.5 years, 46% boys) and their parents/carers who comple ...[more]

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