Rationale and design of “Hearts & Parks”: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of an integrated clinic-community intervention to treat pediatric obesity

Rationale and design of “Hearts & Parks”: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of an integrated clinic-community intervention to treat pediatric obesity

Abstract Background The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity and severe obesity continues to increase despite decades of policy and research aimed at prevention. Obesity strongly predicts cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk; both begin in childhood. Children who receive intensive behavio...

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Main Authors: Sarah C. Armstrong, McAllister Windom, Nathan A. Bihlmeyer, Jennifer S. Li, Svati H. Shah, Mary Story, Nancy Zucker, William E. Kraus, Neha Pagidipati, Eric Peterson, Charlene Wong, Manuela Wiedemeier, Lauren Sibley, Samuel I. Berchuck, Peter Merrill, Alexandra Zizzi, Charles Sarria, Holly K. Dressman, John F. Rawls, Asheley C. Skinner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Pediatric
Obesity
Community
Children
Adolescents
Cardiovascular
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-020-02190-x

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