| Title: |
Assessing the short-term outcomes of a community-based intervention for overweight and obese children: The MEND 5-7 programme |
| Authors: |
Smith, LR; Chadwick, P; Radley, D; Kolotourou, M; Gammon, CS; Rosborough, J; Sacher, PM |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Collection: |
Leeds Beckett University Repository |
| Description: |
Objective The aim of this study was to report outcomes of the UK service level delivery of MEND (Mind,Exercise,Nutrition.Do it!) 5-7, a multicomponent, community-based, healthy lifestyle intervention designed for overweight and obese children aged 5–7 years and their families. Design Repeated measures. Setting Community venues at 37 locations across the UK. Participants 440 overweight or obese children (42% boys; mean age 6.1 years; body mass index (BMI) z-score 2.86) and their parents/carers participated in the intervention. Intervention MEND 5-7 is a 10-week, family-based, child weight-management intervention consisting of weekly group sessions. It includes positive parenting, active play, nutrition education and behaviour change strategies. The intervention is designed to be scalable and delivered by a range of health and social care professionals. Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was BMI z-score. Secondary outcome measures included BMI, waist circumference, waist circumference z-score, children's psychological symptoms, parenting self-efficacy, physical activity and sedentary behaviours and the proportion of parents and children eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables. Results 274 (62%) children were measured preintervention and post-intervention (baseline; 10-weeks). Post-intervention, mean BMI and waist circumference decreased by 0.5 kg/m2 and 0.9 cm, while z-scores decreased by 0.20 and 0.20, respectively (p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/65/1/BMJ%20Open-2013-Smith-.pdf; Smith, LR and Chadwick, P and Radley, D and Kolotourou, M and Gammon, CS and Rosborough, J and Sacher, PM (2013) Assessing the short-term outcomes of a community-based intervention for overweight and obese children: The MEND 5-7 programme. BMJ Open, 3 (5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002607 |
| Availability: |
https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/65/ |
| Rights: |
cc_by_nc |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.58D67DD1 |
| Database: |
BASE |