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Student obesity prevalence and behavioral outcomes for the massachusetts childhood obesity research demonstration project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in prevalence of obesity and target health behaviors (fruit, vegetable, and beverage consumption; physical activity; screen time; sleep duration) among students from communities that participated in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) project compared to controls.

Methods

MA-CORD was implemented in two low-income communities. School-level prevalence of obesity among students in first, fourth, and seventh grades was calculated for the intervention communities and nine matched control communities pre and post intervention. Fourth- and seventh-grade students' self-reported health behaviors were measured in intervention communities at baseline and post intervention.

Results

Among seventh-graders (the student group with greatest intervention exposure), a statistically significant decrease in prevalence of obesity from baseline to post intervention in Community 2 (-2.68%, P?=?0.049) and a similar but nonsignificant decrease in Community 1 (-2.24%, P?=?0.099) was observed. Fourth- and seventh-grade students in both communities were more likely to meet behavioral targets post intervention for sugar-sweetened beverages (both communities: P?ConclusionsThis multisector intervention was associated with a modest reduction in obesity prevalence among seventh-graders in one community compared to controls, along with improvements in behavioral targets.

SUBMITTER: Franckle RL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5488705 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Student obesity prevalence and behavioral outcomes for the massachusetts childhood obesity research demonstration project.

Franckle Rebecca L RL Falbe Jennifer J Gortmaker Steven S Barrett Jessica L JL Giles Catherine C Ganter Claudia C Blaine Rachel E RE Buszkiewicz James J Taveras Elsie M EM Kwass Jo-Ann JA Land Thomas T Davison Kirsten K KK

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20170701 7

<h4>Objective</h4>To examine changes in prevalence of obesity and target health behaviors (fruit, vegetable, and beverage consumption; physical activity; screen time; sleep duration) among students from communities that participated in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) project compared to controls.<h4>Methods</h4>MA-CORD was implemented in two low-income communities. School-level prevalence of obesity among students in first, fourth, and seventh grades was calc ...[more]

PMID: 28653502

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Student obesity prevalence and behavioral outcomes for the massachusetts childhood obesity research demonstration project.

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Student obesity prevalence and behavioral outcomes for the massachusetts childhood obesity research demonstration project.

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