ArticlePublic health nutrition2023
Article in Public health nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03590834 (Obesity Prevention in Head Start), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Obesity Prevention in Head Start: Míranos! Program
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing the effectiveness of healthy weight interventions in the early years of childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from high-income countries.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- ¡Miranos! An 8-Month Comprehensive Preschool Obesity Prevention Program in Low-Income Latino Children: Effects on Children's Gross Motor Development.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Assessing Cultural Competence and Cultural Responsiveness of Healthcare Services That Promote Early Prevention of Childhood Obesity: A Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Relationship between child opportunity index and body mass indexFrontiers in adolescent medicine · 2025Article
- Associations between parenting strategies and BMI percentile among Latino children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test a culturally tailored obesity prevention intervention in low-income, minority preschool age children.
designA three-group clustered randomised controlled trial.
settingTwelve Head Start centres were randomly assigned to a centre-based intervention, a combined centre- and home-based intervention, or control using a 1:1:1 ratio. The centre-based intervention modified centre physical activity and nutrition policies, staff practices, and child behaviours, while the home-based intervention supported parents for obesity prevention at home. STUDY OUTCOMES: The primary end point was change in children's BMI (kg/m
participantsThree-year-old children enrolled in Head Start in San Antonio, Texas, with written parent consent (
resultsChange in BMI at post-test was 1·28 (0·97), 1·28 (0·87) and 1·41 (0·71) in the centre + home-based intervention, centre-based intervention and control, respectively. There was no significant difference in BMI change between centre + home-based intervention and control or centre-based intervention and control at post-test. BMIz (adjusted difference -0·12 (95 % CI, -0·24, 0·01),
conclusionsThere was no reduction in BMI at post-test in children who received the intervention. Findings shed light on methodological challenges in childhood obesity research and offer future directions to explore health equity-oriented obesity prevention.
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