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Effect of the Children’s Healthy Living Program on Young Child Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans in the US-Affiliated Pacific Region

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Key Points Question Does a multijurisdictional, multilevel, multicomponent community intervention decrease young child overweight and obesity in the US-Affiliated Pacific region? Findings Among 27 communities and 8371 children in this… Click to show full abstract

Key Points Question Does a multijurisdictional, multilevel, multicomponent community intervention decrease young child overweight and obesity in the US-Affiliated Pacific region? Findings Among 27 communities and 8371 children in this randomized clinical trial, the Children’s Healthy Living Program decreased overweight and obesity prevalence by 3.95% among children aged 2 to 8 years in the US-Affiliated Pacific region. Meaning A multilevel, multicomponent approach reduced young child overweight and obesity.

Keywords: child overweight; overweight obesity; young child; affiliated pacific; obesity; pacific region

Journal Title: JAMA Network Open
Year Published: 2018

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