A Home Visiting Parenting Program and Child Obesity: A Randomized Trial
Ordway MR, Sadler LS, Holland ML, Slade A, Close N, Mayes LC. A Home Visiting Parenting Program and Child Obesity: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics 2018, 141: e20171076. PMID: 29339565, PMCID: PMC5810599, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObesity-related morbidityRates of obesityMTB programIntervention groupProspective longitudinal cohort studyMaternal mental healthLongitudinal cohort studyYoung childrenMTB interventionCohort studyChildhood overweightHealthy BMINational prevalenceChild obesityObesityOverweightControl groupHispanic mothersMental healthHispanic childrenYoung mothersMore childrenUnderserved communitiesMorbidityChildren