Effective interventions focused on individual- or family-level behavior changes through home visits, individual counseling or group sessions in clinical settings, a combination of home and group visits in a community setting, and using hydrolyzed protein formula. Protein-enriched formula increased childhood obesity risk. Majority are conducted in clinical settings, and few target early-life systems and policies that may impact childhood obesity.
This review has highlighted significant gaps in our mechanistic understanding of the relative importance of different aspects of parent and child behaviours in disadvantaged population groups.
Family sense of coherence was significantly associated with practicing healthy child behaviors. We did not find a statistically significant association between family sense of coherence and limiting unhealthy child behaviors or child BMI z-scores in fully adjusted models.
The article discusses gestational weight gain (GWG) in Mexican American women in Los Angeles, California; efforts to prevent excessive GWG; and tables showing biological, sociocultural, and behavioral characteristics by GWG
Maternal prepregnancy obesity class is an important predictor of exclusive breastfeeding status at hospital discharge among overweight and obese Latinas.
This pilot study documents the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a behavioral weight-loss intervention in postpartum, urban-based African American women with perinatal obesity. Study participants favorably received the intervention
Overall, the findings revealed that a father's feeding practices and feeding style are not associated with children's diet quality or weight status. However, child eating behaviors are associated with child BMI z-score and these relationships are moderated by paternal feeding practices.