CHILE: Outcomes of a group randomized controlled trial of an intervention to prevent obesity in preschool Hispanic and American Indian children

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6046202	Preventive Medicine	2016	23 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Obesity prevention research among Hispanic and AI preschool children in rural communities is challenging and complex. Although the CHILE intervention was implemented successfully, changes in overweight and obesity may take longer than 2Â years to achieve.

Keywords

BMI Z-score RCT CDC NHANES Randomized controlled trial Hispanic National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Alaska native Rural body mass index BMI Head start Chile Intervention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention American Indian Childhood obesity

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CHILE: Outcomes of a group randomized controlled trial of an intervention to prevent obesity in preschool Hispanic and American Indian children

Authors

Sally M. Davis, Orrin B. Myers, Theresa H. Cruz, Alexandra B. Morshed, Glenda F. Canaca, Patricia C. Keane, Elena R. O'Donald,