Universal childhood obesity prevention in a rural community: Study design, methods and baseline participant characteristics of the NU-HOME randomized controlled …

JA Fulkerson, ML Horning, DJ Barr-Anderson… - Contemporary clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Childhood obesity is a major health concern in the United States (US) and those living in
rural communities are at higher risk than their urban counterparts. Few prevention trials have …

Parent weight, diet, active living, and food-related outcomes of the family-focused: NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial: NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial

ML Horning, S Friend, RL Freese… - Journal of the Academy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about parent outcomes of rural, family-focused childhood obesity
prevention trials. Objective Our aim was to evaluate parent outcomes of the rural, family …

[HTML][HTML] Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: a randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children

JA Fulkerson, M Horning, DJ Barr-Anderson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Rural children are at greater obesity risk than their urban peers. The NU-HOME
study is an innovative collaborative effort to prevent childhood obesity in rural communities …

NET-Works: linking families, communities and primary care to prevent obesity in preschool-age children

NE Sherwood, SA French, S Veblen-Mortenson… - Contemporary clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Obesity prevention in children offers a unique window of opportunity to establish healthful
eating and physical activity behaviors to maintain a healthful body weight and avoid the …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood obesity prevention in rural settings: background, rationale, and study design of '4-Health,'a parent-only intervention

WC Lynch, J Martz, G Eldridge, SJ Bailey, C Benke… - BMC Public Health, 2012 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity in rural communities is a serious but understudied problem.
The current experiment aims to assess a wide range of obesity risk factors among rural …

[HTML][HTML] Family-focused obesity prevention program implementation in urban versus rural communities: a case study

C Flattum, S Friend, M Horning, R Lindberg… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Despite public health efforts to reduce childhood obesity, there remains an unequal
distribution of obesity among rural and urban children, with higher rates in rural areas …

A systematic review of home-based childhood obesity prevention studies

NN Showell, O Fawole, J Segal, RF Wilson… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Childhood obesity is a global epidemic. Despite
emerging research about the role of the family and home on obesity risk behaviors, the …

[HTML][HTML] The Healthy Kids & Families study: Outcomes of a 24-month childhood obesity prevention intervention

MC Rosal, SC Lemon, A Borg, A Lopez-Cepero… - Preventive Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Socioeconomically disadvantaged children experience a high burden of obesity but few
interventions address obesity prevention in this population subgroup. The Healthy Kids & …

[HTML][HTML] Design and methods of the Healthy Kids & Families study: a parent-focused community health worker-delivered childhood obesity prevention intervention

A Borg, CF Haughton, M Sawyer, SC Lemon, K Kane… - BMC obesity, 2019 - Springer
Background One third of US children and two thirds of adults are overweight or obese.
Interventions to prevent obesity and thus avert threats to public health are needed. This …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility and outcomes of an out-of-school and home-based obesity prevention pilot study for rural children on an American Indian reservation

B Brown, KJ Harris, D Heil, M Tryon, A Cooksley… - Pilot and feasibility …, 2018 - Springer
Background Children living in rural areas are at higher risk for obesity compared to urban
children, and Native American (NA) children have the highest prevalence of …