Background Increasingly, public health interventions are delivered via telephone and/or text
messages. Recent systematic reviews of early childhood obesity prevention interventions …

A 3-arm randomised controlled trial implemented in 2017, recruited participants from four
Local Health Districts (LHDs) in New South Wales (NSW) to test an early obesity prevention …

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity prevention studies have yielded disappointing results.
Understanding intervention fidelity is necessary in explaining why interventions are (or are …

Background: Childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered by health professionals
during the first 1,000 days of life show some evidence of effectiveness, particularly in relation …

Childhood obesity is a global public health challenge. Early prevention, particularly during
the first 1000 days, is advocated. Health professionals have a role to play in obesity …

Social media and text messaging show promise as public health interventions, but little
evaluation of implementation exists. The B'more Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) was …

Background Current recommendations for intensive behavioral interventions for childhood
obesity treatment do not account for variable participant attendance, optimal duration of the …

Background With an increasing prevalence of obesity in young children globally, there is an
urgent need for the development of effective early interventions. A previous Healthy …

Background. Behavioral interventions to prevent pediatric obesity have shown inconsistent
results across the field. Studying what happens within the “black box” of these interventions …

Background Low-income and minority children are at increased risk for obesity. Text
messaging offers advantages for delivering education, but few studies have assessed the …