Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-intervention weight-management is less well understood. Our objective w...
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doaj-e96bafc33d3f477293ac02238374936d2021-05-02T11:04:26ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582021-04-0121111210.1186/s12889-021-10838-1Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesityIvo Vlaev0Michael J. Taylor1David Taylor2Paul Gately3Laura H. Gunn4Aliza Abeles5Abdelhamid Kerkadi6Jackie Lothian7Sahar Karim Jreige8Aziza Alsaadi9Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari10Suhaila Ghuloum11Hanan Al-Kuwari12Ara Darzi13Mohamed Ahmedna14Warwick Business School, University of WarwickDivision of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of NottinghamDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College LondonLeeds Beckett UniversityDepartment of Public Health Sciences & School of Data Science, University of North Carolina at CharlotteDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College LondonHuman Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar UniversityLeeds Beckett UniversityDepartment of Health Sciences, Qatar UniversitySupreme Education CouncilAspetar AspireHamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical CorporationDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College LondonNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityAbstract Background Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-intervention weight-management is less well understood. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a weight-management camp followed by a community intervention in supporting weight-management for overweight children and children with obesity. Methods Participants were overweight Qatari schoolchildren or schoolchildren with obesity, ages 8–14 years, (n = 300) recruited over a three-year period across 14 randomly selected schools in the Doha area. They attended a two-week weight management camp, then a 10-week program of weekly lifestyle education and physical activity sessions, which also included behavior change techniques. The programme was cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-focused with a strong element of behavioural economics blended in. Results Participants saw a significant BMI SDS reduction as a result of the entire intervention (camp + education and activity sessions) both at the individual (p < 0.0001) and cluster/school (p = 0.0002) levels, and weight loss occurred during each intervention stage separately for the camp (p < 0.0001 for both the individual and cluster/school levels) and the lifestyle education and activity phase (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0220 at the individual and cluster/school levels, respectively). Conclusions Weekly lifestyle education and activity sessions which include behavior change techniques may be useful in promoting continued weight management in the period following intensive, immersive childhood obesity interventions. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02972164 , November 23, 2016.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10838-1Childhood obesityWeight management programInterventionCommunity healthBehaviour change |
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Ivo Vlaev Michael J. Taylor David Taylor Paul Gately Laura H. Gunn Aliza Abeles Abdelhamid Kerkadi Jackie Lothian Sahar Karim Jreige Aziza Alsaadi Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari Suhaila Ghuloum Hanan Al-Kuwari Ara Darzi Mohamed Ahmedna |
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Ivo Vlaev Michael J. Taylor David Taylor Paul Gately Laura H. Gunn Aliza Abeles Abdelhamid Kerkadi Jackie Lothian Sahar Karim Jreige Aziza Alsaadi Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari Suhaila Ghuloum Hanan Al-Kuwari Ara Darzi Mohamed Ahmedna Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity BMC Public Health Childhood obesity Weight management program Intervention Community health Behaviour change |
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Ivo Vlaev Michael J. Taylor David Taylor Paul Gately Laura H. Gunn Aliza Abeles Abdelhamid Kerkadi Jackie Lothian Sahar Karim Jreige Aziza Alsaadi Mohamed G. Al-Kuwari Suhaila Ghuloum Hanan Al-Kuwari Ara Darzi Mohamed Ahmedna |
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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity |
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Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-intervention weight-management is less well understood. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a weight-management camp followed by a community intervention in supporting weight-management for overweight children and children with obesity. Methods Participants were overweight Qatari schoolchildren or schoolchildren with obesity, ages 8–14 years, (n = 300) recruited over a three-year period across 14 randomly selected schools in the Doha area. They attended a two-week weight management camp, then a 10-week program of weekly lifestyle education and physical activity sessions, which also included behavior change techniques. The programme was cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-focused with a strong element of behavioural economics blended in. Results Participants saw a significant BMI SDS reduction as a result of the entire intervention (camp + education and activity sessions) both at the individual (p < 0.0001) and cluster/school (p = 0.0002) levels, and weight loss occurred during each intervention stage separately for the camp (p < 0.0001 for both the individual and cluster/school levels) and the lifestyle education and activity phase (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0220 at the individual and cluster/school levels, respectively). Conclusions Weekly lifestyle education and activity sessions which include behavior change techniques may be useful in promoting continued weight management in the period following intensive, immersive childhood obesity interventions. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02972164 , November 23, 2016. |
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Childhood obesity Weight management program Intervention Community health Behaviour change |
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