Enhancing self-regulation as a strategy for obesity prevention in Head Start preschoolers: the growing healthy study.

摘要: Nearly one in five 4-year-old children the United States are obese, with low-income almost twice as likely to be obese their middle/upper-income peers. Few obesity prevention programs for preschoolers and parents have been rigorously tested, effects modest. We testing a novel program built on premise that who better able self-regulate face of psychosocial stressors may less eat impulsively response stress. Enhancing behavioral self-regulation skills unique important intervention approach prevent childhood obesity. The Growing Healthy study is randomized controlled trial evaluating two interventions 600 attending Head Start, federally-funded preschool children. Interventions delivered by community-based, nutrition-education staff partnering Start. first (n = 200), Preschool Obesity Prevention Series (POPS), addresses evidence-based behaviors preschool-aged parents. second (n = 200) comprises POPS combination Incredible Years (IYS), an improving among comparison condition Usual Start Exposure. hypothesize will yield positive compared combined (POPS + IYS) addressing well-known associated risk, well self-regulatory capacity, most effective preventing excessive increases child adiposity indices (body mass index, skinfold thickness). evaluate additional outcomes using parent teacher reports direct assessments food-related self-regulation. also gather process data implementation, including fidelity, attendance, engagement, satisfaction. shed light associations between risk preschoolers. If project obesity, results can provide critical insights into how best deliver programming community-based setting like order promote health at-risk Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01398358