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Early Nutritional Education in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Early childhood is a critical period for obesity prevention. This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention preventing obesity in preschool-age children. A nutritional education intervention, with a follow-up session one year later, was conducted with par...

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Autores principales: Gato-Moreno, Mario, Martos-Lirio, María F., Leiva-Gea, Isabel, Bernal-López, M. Rosa, Vegas-Toro, Fernando, Fernández-Tenreiro, María C., López-Siguero, Juan P.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34207231
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126569
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author Gato-Moreno, Mario
Martos-Lirio, María F.
Leiva-Gea, Isabel
Bernal-López, M. Rosa
Vegas-Toro, Fernando
Fernández-Tenreiro, María C.
López-Siguero, Juan P.
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Martos-Lirio, María F.
Leiva-Gea, Isabel
Bernal-López, M. Rosa
Vegas-Toro, Fernando
Fernández-Tenreiro, María C.
López-Siguero, Juan P.
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description Early childhood is a critical period for obesity prevention. This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention preventing obesity in preschool-age children. A nutritional education intervention, with a follow-up session one year later, was conducted with parents of children aged 3 to 4 years of public schools in the province of Málaga. The main outcome variable was the body mass index z-score (zBMI). The prevalence of overweight or obesity was the secondary outcome variable. The sample comprised 261 students (control group = 139). Initial BMI, weight, height-for-age and prevalence of overweight and obesity were similar for both groups. After the first year of the intervention, the zBMI of the intervention group decreased significantly from 0.23 to 0.10 (p = 0.002), and the subgroup of patients with baseline zBMI above the median decreased from 1 to 0.72 (p = 0.001), and in the second year from 1.01 to 0.73 (p = 0.002). The joint prevalence of overweight and obesity increased in the control group (12.2% to 20.1%; p = 0.027), while in the intervention group, there were no significant changes. This preschool educational intervention with parents improved their children’s BMI, especially those with a higher BMI for their age, and favored the prevention of overweight or obesity.
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spelling pubmed-82963352021-07-23 Early Nutritional Education in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Gato-Moreno, Mario Martos-Lirio, María F. Leiva-Gea, Isabel Bernal-López, M. Rosa Vegas-Toro, Fernando Fernández-Tenreiro, María C. López-Siguero, Juan P. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Early childhood is a critical period for obesity prevention. This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention preventing obesity in preschool-age children. A nutritional education intervention, with a follow-up session one year later, was conducted with parents of children aged 3 to 4 years of public schools in the province of Málaga. The main outcome variable was the body mass index z-score (zBMI). The prevalence of overweight or obesity was the secondary outcome variable. The sample comprised 261 students (control group = 139). Initial BMI, weight, height-for-age and prevalence of overweight and obesity were similar for both groups. After the first year of the intervention, the zBMI of the intervention group decreased significantly from 0.23 to 0.10 (p = 0.002), and the subgroup of patients with baseline zBMI above the median decreased from 1 to 0.72 (p = 0.001), and in the second year from 1.01 to 0.73 (p = 0.002). The joint prevalence of overweight and obesity increased in the control group (12.2% to 20.1%; p = 0.027), while in the intervention group, there were no significant changes. This preschool educational intervention with parents improved their children’s BMI, especially those with a higher BMI for their age, and favored the prevention of overweight or obesity. MDPI 2021-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8296335/ /pubmed/34207231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126569 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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López-Siguero, Juan P.
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